Table 1.
Soil and stand characteristics of the three soil conditions (means ± sd) for the Natural Forest dataset.
| Soil moisture (%) | pH | CEC (cmol kg−1) | BS% | Basal area (m2ha−1) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abies balsamea | Thuja occidentalis | Acer rubrum | Betula papyrifera | others | |||||
| HO | 85.2 ± 1.8 | 4.88 ± 1.1 | 1.9 ± 1.1 | 95.9 ± 3.4 | 5.9 ± 2 | 14.85 ± 2.6 | 7.1 ± 0.4 | 6.3 ± 3.5 | 8.0 ± 4.2 |
| MP | 30.7 ± 3.0 | 5.05 ± 0.0 | 0.6 ± 0.2 | 29.9 ± 16.2 | 7.2 ± 3 | 4.7 ± 0.4 | 23 ± 14.1 | 9.5 ± 5.6 | |
| XP | 19.2 ± 7.2 | 4.70 ± 0.3 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | 19.1 ± 4.7 | 6.0 ± 3.4 | 10.1 ± 5.6 | 4.0 ± 2.9 | 6.7 ± 3.0 | 11.6 ± 14.0 |
HO, humid organic; MP, mesic podzol; XP, xeric podzol; CEC, cation exchange capacity; BS, base saturation.