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COSIP2008
COSIP FOREST ECOLOGY CREW, MAY 2008 |
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Professor
Ernest Edwards established the COSIP transect in 1970,
and expanded it in 1988. It is 1000m N-S and 40m
E-W, and divided into 20m x 20m plots. In
1999 every tree with a diameter greater than 10 cm was
identified, measured and individually tagged by student
Andrea Capano, working with Professor Linda Fink. In
2008 we remeasured all of the trees in the transect.
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2008
COSIP student crew: Adella Robinson, Jessica Johnson, Melaina
Macone, Lisa Ruffle, Nikki Pham
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Andrea Capano,
now a middle school science teacher in Maine, joined us for
much of the field work. |
Adjacent
to the ravine called Bloodroot Valley, we encountered beautiful
oaks. |
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The
transect runs through an 80-100 year old hardwood forest |
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The
transect is in Fern Woods west of the Riding Center. The
transect, plus a buffer, is protected as a sanctuary.
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Professor
Edwards provided support for the COSIP crew through a
donation to the Ecological Studies and Natural Areas
Fund. He
joined us for lunch and a conversation about Sweet Briar's
changing forests... |
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Invasive
plants, including Vinca, are less abundant than
in other of Sweet Briar's forests. |
In
nine years, fast-growing
trees partially engulfed their numbered aluminum tags. Some
trees were surprising, including this white oak. |
Both
standing snags and downed dead trees are providing
wildlife habitat and have opened canopy gaps. |
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Thank
you, Buck! With great appreciation from the COSIP
crew. |
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All photographs were taken by Linda
Fink.
http://www.biology.sbc.edu/biophotos_COSIP08.html
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