TABLE IV - continued
Authority
Date
Location
Lat.
Long.
Alt.
Plant community
Origin1 Age Drying
Litter-fall
(approx.)
(m)
(yr) method’ Leaves Other Total
(metric tons/ha/n)
Olson
p.c.
(Tennessee)
36N
84W
Sims
1932
(N. Carolina)
Biihmerle
1906 Austria
Bray
Table11 Canada (Toronto)
Coldwell and
De Long
1950
(Montreal)
Perina and Vintrova 1958 Czechoslovakia
Bornehusch
1937 Denmark (Nsdebo)
Boysen- Jensen
1930
(Sor0)
Moller
1945
Aaltonen (data of
1948 Finland (South)
Svinhnfvud)
36N
83W
48N
16E
44N
80W
120
47N
74W
c 49N c l 8 E
56N
12E
56N
12E
56N
12E
c 62N c22E
Warm Temperate Forest-onlinued
Mixed angiosperms and Pinue
eehinac
Mixed angiosperms and Pinusspp.
Mixedsnmosoermq
Mixed a n ~ o s ~ e - 6
Mixed angiospem
Pinus eehinatu north-facing slope
Pinu8cehinatu:south-facina slope
Pinua eehina&level upland
Liriodendron tulipifera Pqpulua,
Frminzlsin sinkhold
Querctls Carua Liriodendron
Q w m s , Carya, Liriodendron
lulip$era,ndrth-facing slope
lulipifera,south-f3cin~ slope
Quercua Carya, Liriaddrmi
B inwr - uercud forest,unburned
Pinus - 8uercus forest,burned
COOL T E ~ E R A T E
FORESTS
Pinua niura plantation
Pinus nigra plantation
Acer saccharurn Quermsboralis
Beer saccharuna
Fagus grandifolia
Betula populifolia
Pwulus arandidenlata. P. trmuloidee
.!uZip$era, level upland
uercu.9, Carya, Liriodendron valley
alba slight’admixtnre Pi&
%obua’
Pi+& spl
Piceaabie6,stem diam.6 cm.,
Picea abies, stem diam. 10 cm.,
P i c a abiee, stem diam.21 cm.,
Fraxanue excelsior. unthinned
7 000/ha
3 700/ha
1200/ha
Fraxinus excelsior,thinned
Fagus silvatica
PinUS 8dVestl.is
Picea abiea
I
1-60
I
1-40
I
1-150
I
1-50
I
1-45
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
37
I
57
I
60-200
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
12
I
12
I
5-200
I
I
94
0
4.3
1.7
6.0
3.6
1.1
4.6
0
0
46
0 7
5 3
0
4.1
0.6
4.7
4.1
0 9
6 1
0
0
6.6
0
6.2
0
3.8
0
4.7
4.0
5.0
6.4
6.3
3.5
2.0
0
3.5
0
3.8
0
3.1
1.3
4.3
0
3.4
0
2.2
0
1.7
0
1.7
A
2.2 1.6
1.4
3 4
A
1.2
A
1.6
A
1.0
*I=indigenous, E=exotic.
O=oven dry, A=air dry.