ForestGEO Welcomes 71st Plot to the Network: Ordway Swisher, Florida, USA
ForestGEO Welcomes 71st Plot to the Network: Ordway Swisher, Florida, USA
August 31, 2020
ForestGEO is pleased to introduce our newest research site, the Ordway Swisher Forest Dynamics Plot, a 23.04-ha upland sandhill forest near Melrose, Florida, USA, that undergoes a regimen of prescribed burning every three to four years (including during the establishment of the plot). Field crews began the census in March 2019 and completed it in February 2020, less than one month before the coronavirus pandemic brought fieldwork around the world to a halt. Staff have entered and screened census data, which is now available upon request in the ForestGEO Data Portal. Dan Johnson and Stephanie Bohlman, both of the University of Florida, are the plot’s Principal Investigators.
To learn more about the site, we encourage you to visit its webpage, RSVP for our upcoming virtual seminar by Dan Johnson, and peruse the photos below.