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- Site Name:
- Biology of Forest Growth experimental plantation in Pierce's Creek Forest
- City:
- Canberra
- State:
- Australian Capital Territory
- Country:
- AU
- Lat:
- -35.42
- Lon:
- 148.933
- Mean Annual Temperature (°C)
- 13.0
- Mean Annual Precipitation (mm/yr):
- 791
- Elevation (m):
- 630.0
- Soil:
- Time Zone:
- Australia/Sydney
- Espg:
- 4326
- % Clay:
- % Sand:
- Greenhouse:
- False
- Som:
- Notes:
- The site experiences mild winters (July average minimum and maximum temperatures are 1 and 11 °C) and warm sum- mers (January average minimum and maximum temperatures are 14 and 28 °C). Summer maxima may reach 35--40 °C when relative humidity is low (< 10%). Annual rainfall averages 791 mm, but is highly variable, and summer droughts of 2--3 months are common.
- Soilnotes:
- The soil is a yellow podzolic (Stace et al. 1968) or Typic Albaqualf (Soil Survey Staff 1975) derived from granite. It has a duplex profile comprising a sandy A horizon extending to about 0.40 m depth, and a dense (bulk density 1.7 Mg m−3) B horizon of clay and gravel overlaying a C horizon of weather- ing granite (> 1 m). The soil has a low N-supplying capacity (Raison et al. 1992b) but provides adequate P for tree growth (Raison et al. 1990). Soil water storage capacity is 75 mm in the A horizon where most fine roots are concentrated, and 250 mm to a depth of 2 m (Myers and Talsma 1992)
- Record Creator:
- Unknown
