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Occam's Razor Vol. 4 - Full (2014)
Serendipitous Data Following A Severe Windstorm In An Old-Growth Pine Stand, D. C. Bragg, J. D. Riddle
Serendipitous Data Following A Severe Windstorm In An Old-Growth Pine Stand, D. C. Bragg, J. D. Riddle
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Reliable dimensional data for old-growth pine-dominated forests in the Gulf Coastal Plain of Arkansas are hard to find, but sometimes unfortunate circumstances provide good opportunities to acquire this information. On July 11, 2013, a severe thunderstorm with high winds struck the Levi Wilcoxon Demonstration Forest (LWDF) near Hamburg, Arkansas. This storm uprooted or snapped dozens of large pines and hardwoods and provided an opportunity to more closely inspect these rare specimens. For instance, the largest tree killed in this event, a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), was 105 cm in diameter at breast height, 39.3 m tall, and if the tree …