Abstract
The white pine-hardwood type was described by Miller in 1938; however , subsequent researchers o f the vegetation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have not described this type. A field study o f white pine-hardwood vegetation was conducted in the Park from J1�1e to October, 1977. �he objectives were to relocate and plot sample the white pine-hardwood stands to l) group samples into vegetation types based upon the importance of white pine and its associated taxa , 2) use quantitative vegetation analysis procedure s to describe the white pine hardwood vegetation types, 3 ) asse s s the re lat ionship o f the vegetation types to environmental characteristics , 4 ) examine the succes s ional status of the type s , and 5) provide a basis for further e cological studie s of these t ypes in the Park. Data were analyzed from 144 s ample plot locations in the western portion of the Park in Tennessee at low to middle e levations (312 to 716 meters). Circular 0 . 0406 hectare (l/10 acre) plots were located in areas which had been previously mapped by Miller in 1941. Canopy (over 10 ern), sapling (2.5 to 10 em) , subsapling ( 2 . 5 ern diameter and one meter high) , and herbaceous data were tallied in each plot . Site properties were collected in each plot. Laboratory determinations o f soil pH and texture o f bot� the A and B horizons were made. Canopy data were used to group plots into vegetation type s using an agglomerative c lustering technique ( Orloci, 1967). The seven corrmunitie s identified were: white pine-Virginia pine , white pine-red maple , white pine-hemlock, white pine-chestnut oak, white pine-white
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Seven white pine-hardwood communities were identified.
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