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Cedar Bridge

Fluxnet Information
Site Name: Cedar Bridge
Description: The Cedar Bridge site is located in the upland forests of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, the largest continuous forested landscape on the Northeastern coastal plain. Upland forests occupy 62% of the 1.1 million acre Pine Barrens and can be divided into three dominant stand types, Oak/Pine (19.1%), Pine/Oak (13.1%), and Pitch Pine/Scrub oak (14.3%). The majority of mature upland forests are the product of regeneration following late 19th century logging and charcoaling activities. Among the regenerated stands of the same age, tree structure and aboveground biomass are greatest in the oak-dominated stand (Silas Little) and least in the Pitch Pine/Scrub oak stand (Cedar Bridge). Fire activity is a common occurrence in the NJ Pine Barrens, especially in the Pitch Pine/Scrub Oak stand. Prior to a 1995 nonstand replacing wildfire, the stand was last burned in 1963. Plow lines were installed for fire control in December of 2007 followed by a prescribed burn in 2008 by the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. Gypsy moths first appeared in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey in 1966. Since the time of arrival, the upland forest stands have undergone several episodes of defoliation, the most significant occurred in 1972, 1981, and 1990. In recent years, the upland forest region underwent the heaviest defoliation in 2007. Unlike oak-dominated stands, Pitch Pines are largely unaffected by defoliation and the deciduous understory only underwent moderate defoliation. (Clark et al., 2009a, Clark et al., 2009b, Clark et al., 2009c, Skowronski et al., 2007)
Status: Active, core measurements presently being made
Country: United States
Fluxnet Site Code: US-Ced

Additional Information

Location

Location Information
Country: New Jersey, United States
Coordinates:
(Lat, Long) 		39.8379, -74.3791

PI Info

Investigator Information
Investigator: Kenneth Clark
kennethclark@fs.fed.us
USDA Forest Service
Silas Little Experimental Forest
P.O. Box 232
New Lisbon, NJ 08064
609-894-0325

Affiliations

Affiliation Information
Affiliation Name: AmeriFlux
Affiliation ID: 76
Affiliation Site Page: http://ameriflux.ornl.gov/fullsiteinfo.php?sid=76

Data

FLUXNET Determined Variables

Site Information
GTOPO30 Elevationmore info: 58m
IGBP Land Usemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest
UMD Land Usemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest
NPP Land Covermore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Vegetation
KGCCmore info: Cfa - Warm temperate fully humid with hot summer
LAI F/PAR Land Usemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest
Investigator Provided Vegetation Typemore info: Pitch Pine/Scrub Oak
Tower Heightmore info: 16m
Plant Functional Typemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Trees

Repository

Data Repository Information
Data Collection Timeframe:2004-2011
AmeriFlux: http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/dataproducts.shtml

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Investigator Information
Investigator: Kenneth Clark
kennethclark@fs.fed.us
USDA Forest Service
Silas Little Experimental Forest
P.O. Box 232
New Lisbon, NJ 08064
609-894-0325
Location Information
Country: New Jersey, United States
Coordinates:
(Lat, Long) 		39.8379, -74.3791
Affiliation Information
Affiliation Name: AmeriFlux
Affiliation ID: 76
Affiliation Site Page: http://ameriflux.ornl.gov/fullsiteinfo.php?sid=76
Site Information
GTOPO30 Elevationmore info: 58m
IGBP Land Usemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest
UMD Land Usemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest
NPP Land Covermore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Vegetation
KGCCmore info: Cfa - Warm temperate fully humid with hot summer
LAI F/PAR Land Usemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest
Investigator Provided Vegetation Typemore info: Pitch Pine/Scrub Oak
Tower Heightmore info: 16m
Plant Functional Typemore info: Evergreen Needleleaf Trees
Data Repository Information
Data Collection Timeframe:2004-2011
AmeriFlux: http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/dataproducts.shtml
Links to Additional Site Related Information
MODIS Visualization: http://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/MODIS/GR_col5_1/siteselection.pl?now3=get_site_table_2&siteid=999
External Web Site: http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/global
Daymet Data Download: http://daymet.ornl.gov/data/send/query?lat=39.83794167&lon=-74.37910111
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