Woody-Plant Succession in an Eastern Nebraska Bluff Forest

Authors

Douglas E. Borland, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Thomas B. Bragg, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
David M. Sutherland, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1989

Publication Title

Transaction of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences

Volume

17

First Page

61

Last Page

63

Abstract

Woody plant composition of ridgetop old-fields abandoned at various times since 1800 suggest a successional pattern for an eastern Nebraska bluff forest. Sites abandoned for 24 years were dominated by elm (Ulmus spp.) and rough-leaved dogwood (Comus drummondii). Other sites, abandoned for76 years, were dominated by bitternut hickory (Cwya cordijormis), American linden (Tilia americana), and hop-hombeam (Ostrya virginiana), and those abandoned for 186 years were predominantly bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) and hop-hornbeam. Based on species importance values, we conclude that the composition of this forest is still changing.

Comments

Published in Transaction of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences XVII: 61--63: Copyright © 1989 Borland, Bragg and Sutherland.

Recommended Citation

Borland, Douglas E.; Bragg, Thomas B.; and Sutherland, David M., "Woody-Plant Succession in an Eastern Nebraska Bluff Forest" (1989). Biology Faculty Publications. 36.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/biofacpub/36