Dwarf Mistletoe on Red Spruce in the White Mountains of New Hampshire

Plant Disease ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 64 (9) ◽  
pp. 880 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. G. Hawksworth
1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 991-1001 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Rizzo ◽  
T. C. Harrington

Crown dieback and mortality of red spruce and balsam fir in the subalpine zone of the northern Appalachian Mountains have been attributed to wind-induced crown and root damage. Vertical root movements, damage to roots and crowns, and growth rate were measured on wind-exposed spruce and fir trees near canopy gaps at Kancamagus Pass (875 m elevation) and Wildcat Mountain (1160 m) in the White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire. Root movements were significantly correlated with windspeed, crown exposure, and depth of soil to rock. Woody roots that had made movements in excess of 10 mm had fewer small (1–3 mm diameter) roots, more abrasion wounds, and a greater amount of nonconducting (dry or discolored) xylem than roots that had made smaller movements. Hydraulic conductivity was significantly reduced in roots with greater than 40% xylem cross-sectional area that was nonconducting. Spruce and fir trees at gap margins grew slower and had more root and crown damage than trees sheltered within the canopy. Decreases in growth rate of spruce and fir trees at both sites during the past 20 years were significantly correlated with wind exposure and some of the root and crown damage variables.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caleb Forrest Town ◽  
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Justin V. Strauss ◽  
Sean T. Kinney ◽  
Scott A. Maclennan ◽  
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1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 1219-1227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Huntington ◽  
David R. Peart ◽  
James Hornig ◽  
Douglas F. Ryan ◽  
Stuart Russo-Savage

We measured soil chemical properties and red spruce (Picearubens Sarg.) foliar chemistry and crown condition in the spruce-fir vegetation zone at Mount Moosilauke, New Hampshire. Our measurements were made in or adjacent to permanent plots stratified by elevation, aspect, and soil type. Soils were analyzed for exchangeable Ca, Mg, K, and Al and extractable P and Mn. Foliage was analyzed for Ca, Mg, K, Al, P, and Mn. Based upon the best available provisional standards for red spruce foliar element sufficiency, 1-year-old needles showed a moderate P deficiency (1000–1400 mg•kg−1), Mg levels in a transitional zone from deficiency to sufficiency (600–720 mg•kg−1), and Ca and K levels in a range sufficient for good growth. Foliar element concentrations were not correlated with crown condition. Extractable soil P (kg•ha−1 and cmol ion charge•kg−1) was positively correlated with crown condition. The only significant relationships found between soil exchangeable base cations and crown condition were positive correlations for Ca and Mg (kg•ha−1) in the Oi + Oe horizon. Several factors suggest that red spruce at high elevations at Mount Moosilauke was not stressed from base cation limitations: (i) foliar element concentrations were generally in sufficient ranges, (ii) crown condition was not related to foliar element concentration, (iii) relationships between exchangeable soil cations and foliar concentration or crown condition were generally not significant or were inconsistent between soil horizons.


Geomorphology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 345 ◽  
pp. 106842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle L. Fame ◽  
James A. Spotila ◽  
Lewis A. Owen ◽  
David L. Shuster

2009 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian R. Kelly ◽  
Todd K. Fuller ◽  
John J. Kanter

Recent and current distribution of state-threatened American Marten (Martes americana) in New Hampshire was identified by summarizing 157 occurrence records (1980–2004) in a database and mapped using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Records included visual observations, snow tracks, road kill, trapper captures, systematic live-trapping locations, and other miscellaneous locations. Marten in New Hampshire are now found throughout the White Mountains north to the Canadian border, with the highest relative abundance in the very northern tip of New Hampshire. The recent expansion in the range of Martens includes reproducing females, but a sex ratio biased towards males in some areas suggests that dispersing individuals might inhabit much of the range.


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