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MESIC SLOPE [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Silviculture
DEF

A sloping forest land type characterized by, or adapted to a moderately moist habitat.

CONT

Within this unglaciated area of southeastern Ohio, the majority of the landscape comprises moderately to steeply sloping terrain. Quercus dominated dry and dry-mesic ridgetops and slopes, while "Liriodendron tulipifera" L. and "Acer saccharum" Marsh. dominated mesic slopes and wet-mesic ravine bottoms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Terrain forestier en pente se caractérisant par un habitat modérément humide ou qui est adapté à ce dernier.

Spanish

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