Table 2 Forest floor and soil carbon stocks for each forest, by treatment intensity.
From: Management Impacts on Forest Floor and Soil Organic Carbon in Northern Temperate Forests of the US
Site | State | Treatment | Forest Floor C Stocks (t/ha) | Soil C Stocks 0-5 cm (t/ha) | Soil C Stocks 0-20 cm (t/ha) | Total Forest Floor + Soil C Stocks (t/ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fernow | WV | Clearcut | 2.9 (0.27) | 25.1 (1.76) | 70 (1.4) | 73 (1.6) |
| Â | Â | Control | 7.7 (2.65) | 18.6 (2.05) | 62 (4.6) | 70 (4.0) |
Middle Mountain | WV | Clearcut w/0.93 m2 residual in poles | 4.0 (0.6) | 26 (4.75) | 78 (9.3) | 82 (9.9) |
| Â | Â | Heaviest thin | 4.4 (0.49) | 17.8 (4.27) | 68 (4.5) | 73 (4) |
| Â | Â | Lightest thin | 4.6 (0.91) | 18.5 (1.56) | 61 (3.7) | 66 (4) |
| Â | Â | Control | 4.6 (1.13) | 27.1 (4.57) | 77 (11.3) | 81 (10.6) |
Kane | PA | Heaviest thin | 9.1 (3.25) | 16.2 (0.53) | 56 (0.4) | 65 (2.8) |
| Â | Â | Lightest thin | 6.4 (0.4) | 16.3 (0.42) | 54 (3.4) | 59 (3.2) |
| Â | Â | Control | 8.5 (0.58) | 23 (1.52) | 65 (3.6) | 74 (4.2) |
Heiberg | NY | Clearcut | 10.4 (0.37) | 18.6 (1.07) | 61 (2.7) | 71 (2.4) |
| Â | Â | Heaviest thin | 8.9 (0.43) | 17.3 (1.29) | 55 (3.1) | 64 (3.5) |
| Â | Â | Lightest thin | 10.4 (0.87) | 20.4 (2.4) | 63 (1.4) | 73 (0.7) |
| Â | Â | Control | 11.8 (1.35) | 18.3 (0.26) | 63 (1.5) | 75 (0.2) |
Argonne | WI | Clearcut | 2.8 (0.70) | 9.7 (2.04) | 32 (2.8) | 34 (2.6) |
| Â | Â | Heaviest thin | 2.6 (0.93) | 11 (2.48) | 33 (2.5) | 35 (1.8) |
| Â | Â | Lightest thin | 2.7 (1.02) | 16.1 (4.69) | 41 (10.7) | 43 (10.1) |
| Â | Â | Control | 2.4 (0.51) | 13.5 (4.89) | 39 (10) | 41 (9.5) |
Bartlett | NH | Heaviest thin | 10.9 (1.85) | 13.6 (1.29) | 53 (7.1) | 64 (8.2) |
| Â | Â | Lightest thin | 8.2 (0.73) | 14.4 (2.23) | 55 (6.5) | 64 (6.2) |
| Â | Â | Control | 14.2 (3.39) | 13.2 (1.31) | 55 (4.3) | 69 (7.1) |