Research Site Description
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Bush River Brushing Trial Site |
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| Study: | Bush River Brushing Trial | ||
| District: | Golden | ||
| Subzone: | ICHmw1 | Elevation: | 900 m |
| Soil Moisture Regime: | Slope : | 5 % to 20 % | |
| Soil Nutrient Regime: | Aspect: | 145° | |
| Treatments Applied: | 1-4 | ||
| Year Established: | 1986 |
The 26 hectare block was clearcut with ground skidding in the winter of 1981 and broadcast burned for planting site preparation in the spring of 1983. It was subsequently planted with Engelmann spruce (Se) 2+0 bareroot seedlings (seedlot 2618) in the spring of 1984. The spruce were overtopped by a mixed shrub and herb complex composed mainly of thimbleberry, raspberry, and fireweed at the end of the 1985 growing season. In June 1986, experimental areas within the site were fill-planted with Se 1+0 PSB 313B container-grown seedlings (seedlot 10202) due to poor survival of the seedlings planted in 1984.
Before harvest, forest cover consisted of a mixed stand dominated by interior hybrid spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss X engelmanni Parry ex Engelm), growing with western redcedar (Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don) (forest cover label SC-941-G) and, in one corner of the block, with sub-alpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa (Hook) Nutt.) (forest cover label SB-(C)-831-M).