LWF Jussy long-term research site

 LWF Plot Jussy - Community: Jussy / canton GE - Date of installation: 31 May 1995 - Size of the plot: 1.99 ha - Altitude: 496-506 m - Mean slope: 3% - Geology (in German): Quartär; tonreiche würmeiszeitliche Grundmoräne - Soil types (WSL) : Stagnic Luvisols - Woodland association after EK72: 35: Galio silvatici-Carpinetum - Main tree species: Quercus species - Management system: former coppices w. standards - Silvicultural system: unmanaged / group selection - Top-height diameter (quadratic average diameter of the 100 thickest trees per ha): 36.6 cm - Number of trees BHD -= 12 cm (2011): 1278 - Maximum tree age: Carpinus betulus 60 yr - Populus tremula 60 yr - Quercus petrea 90 yr More Information: https://www.wsl.ch/en/forest/forest-development-and-monitoring/long-term-forest-ecosystem-research-lwf/sites/jussy.html