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Forest Soil Characteristics As Influenced By Vegetation And Bedrock In The Spruce-Fir Zone Of The Great Smoky Mountains, James Alvis Wolfe
Forest Soil Characteristics As Influenced By Vegetation And Bedrock In The Spruce-Fir Zone Of The Great Smoky Mountains, James Alvis Wolfe
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The present study sought to determine differences in soil characteristics related to spruce-fir and beech-birch vegetation in the Great Smoky Mountains when other factors were held as nearly constant as possible. An attempt was made to evaluate the influence of bedrock on soil characteristics and vegetation patterns. Hopefully this investigation may contribute to a greater understanding of the perplexing vegetation mosaic found at higher mountain elevations.
The Great Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina constitute the portion of the Unaka Range situated between the Little Tennessee and Pigeon Rivers. Although metamorphosed, the rocks of Unakas, the westernmost …