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I |Cr\A United States 

 L Department of 

 Agriculture 



Forest Service 



Northeastern 

 Research Station 



Research Note NE-380 



Vascular Plant Species of 

 the Forest Ecology Research 

 and Demonstration Area, 

 Paul Smith's, New York 



Gary L. Wade 

 Jonathan A. Myers 

 Cecilia R. Martin 

 Kathie Detmar 

 William Mator III 

 Mark J. Twery 

 Mike Rechlin 



Abstract 



Five forest harvest methods (single-tree selection, group 

 selection, two-age cut, shelterwood cut, and clearcut) are 

 being demonstrated on 5-acre tracts near the Adirondack 

 Park Agency's Visitor Interpretation Center (VIC) at 

 Paul Smith's, New York. The tracts are part of the 

 agency's Forest Ecology Research and Demonstration 

 Area. A primary goal is to show visitors what each forest 

 harvest treatments look like and how various logging 

 methods affect different communities of forest plants 

 and wildlife. Listed here is the preharvest inventory of 

 vascular plant species within the five treated and two 

 control tracts at the VIC. 



GARY L. WADE and MARK J. TWERY are ecologist 

 and research forester, respectively, with the Northeastern 

 Research Station at Burlington, Vermont; JONATHAN 

 MYERS, CECILIA R. MARTIN, KATHIE DETMAR, 

 and WILLIAM MATOR III are students at Paul Smith's 

 College, Paul Smith's, New York; MIKE RECHLIN is 

 professor of biology with Principia College, Principia, 

 Illinois. 



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