Claim · model-written summary
Poplar, gum and pine each represented 4% of Quantico forest composition.
- Taxon
- poplar (Liriodendron), gum (Nyssa), and pine (Pinus)
Pinus
Liriodendron
Nyssae0 - Outcome
- forest compositione0
- Value
- 4%e0
- Setting
- Quanticoe1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorDirectionQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“poplar (Liriodendron), gum (Nyssa), and pine (Pinus) each representing 4% of the forest composition”
e1“At Quantico”
Title
Witness Tree Records for the Early Colonial Period (1623-1700) of Eastern Virginia
Marc D. Abrams; Sarah E. Johnson The American Midland Naturalist 2019. doi:10.1674/0003-0031-181.1.115
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Quantico records contained 754 witness trees from 22 species.
- Observation Oaks comprised 67% of Quantico witness trees.
- Observation Hickory comprised 15% of Quantico witness trees.
- Observation Cheatham Annex records contained 502 witness trees from 24 species.
- Observation Oaks comprised 57% of Cheatham Annex trees.
- Observation Hickory comprised 13% of Cheatham Annex trees.
- Observation Pine comprised 10% of Cheatham Annex trees.
- Observation Poplar and gum each comprised 5% of Cheatham Annex trees.
- Observation Late successional fire-sensitive species were scarce at both sites.
- Mechanism Native American burning and clearing was suggested to have affected eastern Virginia forests.