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Age, Forest Structure, And Disturbance History Of Five Potential Old-Growth Forests In Eastern Kentucky's Cumberland Plateau, Adrienne Michelle Cooper
Age, Forest Structure, And Disturbance History Of Five Potential Old-Growth Forests In Eastern Kentucky's Cumberland Plateau, Adrienne Michelle Cooper
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The Cumberland Plateau (CP) is an ecoregion of global importance, yet its extent of old- growth forest (OG) is not well known. Due to its rarity and importance, understanding what OG remains is needed to deduce the region's health. This study described five potential OG forests in eastern Kentucky. Sites possessing >5 trees/ha established prior to 1780, and being similar in disturbance history and forest structure to other regional OG were to be considered OG. Shillalah Creek (SC) and Hensley-Pine Mountain (HP) possess no in plot trees established prior to 1780, show evidence of stand-wide disturbance during the 1930's, are …