The trees in a young plant community on abandoned agricultural land in Berrien County, Michigan, were tallied by size classes and found to be dominated by red maple (Acer rubrum) and black gum (Nyssa sylvatica). Soils were acidic and sandy. The community fits the Natural Resources Conservation Service Ecological Site Description of an acidic sandy flatwoods. Based on size class distributions, this community may be transitional to a beech-maple forest.
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1 October 2018
Tree Species Composition of an Acidic Sandy Flatwoods in Berrien County, Michigan, USA
Robert Tatina
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Natural Areas Journal
Vol. 38 • No. 5
October 2018
Vol. 38 • No. 5
October 2018
acidic sandy flatwoods
forest succession
Michigan
Nyssa sylvatica