Bílý Kříž, Moravian-Silesian Beskids Mts. (Norway spruce forest)


(proposed as ICOS Class 2 station)
LOCALITY Bílý Kříž, Moravian-Silesian Beskids Mts.
ECOSYSTEM TYPE Norway spruce forest
Coordinates 49°30’N, 18°32’E
Altitude 875 m a.s.l.
Height of meteorological tower 36 m
Topography slope 13°, southern exposure
Mean annual temperature 6.5 °C
Annual sum of precipitation 1260 mm
Prevailing species Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.)
Height of the stand 17 m (2016)
Understory Vaccinium myrtillus L.
Year of plantation in 1981 by four years old seedlings
Soil type and category Haplic and Entic Podzol

loamy sand to sandy loam

Soil depth 60 – 110 cm

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