Table 1 Pre-harvest and post-harvest overstory basal areas for all trees within the 576-m2 sampling areas by species in m2 ha−1
Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Species | Pre-harvest | Post-harvest | Pre-harvest | Post-harvest | Pre-harvest | Post-harvest |
Beech | 6.0 | 1.5 | 24.6 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
Sugar maple | 5.9 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 13.9 | 4.2 |
Red maple | 13.5 | 9.5 | – | – | – | – |
Striped maple | – | – | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Yellow birch | 0.2 | 0.2 | – | – | 4.3 | 1.7 |
White ash | – | – | – | – | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Hophornbeam | 0.4 | 0.4 | – | – | – | – |
Hemlock | – | – | – | – | 6.3 | 6.3 |
Red spruce | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.3 | – | 1.8 | 1.4 |
Balsam fir | 2.3 | 1.1 | – | – | – | – |
Total | 34.0 | 18.6 | 29.9 | 8.9 | 33.7 | 20.4 |