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Temperate mountain system

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Donglingshan

The 20-ha Dongling Mountain warm temperate deciduous Broadleaved forest plot was established in 2010, with the geographical coordinate 39.96°N, 115.43°E. The mean elevation of the plot is 1395m, and the terrain is relatively steep with the elevation change of 219.3 m, ranging from 20° to 60°.
Harvard Forest

Researchers began the census of woody stems within the 35-ha plot located on Prospect Hill on June 1, 2010. Using standardized ForestGEO methodology, Dave Orwig and three 2-person crews measured, tagged, painted, and mapped every stem greater than 1 cm diameter at 1.3 m.
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

The SCBI Large Forest Dynamics Plot (LFDP) is located at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park’s Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, VA, adjacent to the northern end of Shenandoah National Park.
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

The SERC Forest Dynamics Plot
University of Maryland, Baltimore County

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Forest Structure sites are located on the campus of UMBC in Baltimore, MD USA within a suburban neighborhood landscape roughly 5 miles from Baltimore City.
Utah

The Utah Forest Dynamics Plot (UFDP) is located on the Colorado Plateau in Cedar Breaks National Monument.
Wind River

The Wind River Forest Dynamics Plot (WFDP) is located in southern Washington, west of the crest of the Cascade Range. The plot lies within the T. T. Munger Research Natural Area of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
Zofin

Zofin Forest Dynamics Plot is a 25 ha ForestGEO plot set within a 75 ha research area that has been intensively studied since 1975.

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