Elliott State Research Forest Timber Cruise, Oregon, 2015–2016

Todd West and Bogdan M. Strimbu ()
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Todd West: Department of Forest Engineering and Resource Management, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
Bogdan M. Strimbu: Department of Forest Engineering and Resource Management, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA

Data, 2024, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: The Elliott State Research Forest comprises 33,700 ha of temperate, Douglas-fir rainforest along North America’s Pacific Coast (Oregon, United States). In 2015, naturally regenerated stands at least 92 years old covered 49% of the research area and sawtimber plantations younger than 68 years another 50%. During the winter of 2015–2016, a forest wide inventory sampled both naturally regenerated and plantation stands, recording 97,424 trees on 17,866 plots in 738 stands. The resulting dataset is atypical for the area as plot locations were not restricted to upland, commercially harvestable timber. Multiage stands and riparian areas were therefore documented along with plantations 2–61 years old and trees retained through clearcut harvests. This dataset constitutes the only open access, stand-based forest inventory currently available for a large area within the Oregon Coast Range. The dataset enables development of suites of models as well as many comparisons across stand ages and types, both at stand level and at the level of individual trees.

Keywords: Elliott State Forest; timber cruise; tree height; tree diameter; Douglas-fir; red alder; western hemlock; bigleaf maple; Oregon myrtle; western redcedar (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C8 C80 C81 C82 C83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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