Mixed Litter

Description

Leaf litter under plantation of Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) and/or Norway Spruce (Picea abies) but with considerable broadleaf litter input blown in from elsewhere. Ground flora sparse consisting mainly of Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) seedlings, understory generally absent, canopy primarily Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) with some mixed broadleaf regrowth.

Microhabitat type: Standard

Soil: litter and root mat overlaying dry grey clays

Litter: present

Mean Environmental Variables

Temperature (°C): 7.17±2.02

Moisture (%): 15.40±8.67

pH: 6.17±0.29

Example

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith