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REINFFORCE - Arboretum - Mull
Municipality: Lochgilphead
Region: Argyll and Butte
Country: Scotland-UK
Website: https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/reinfforce-experiment-data-explorer/
Partner in charge of the site: FR
Responsible name: Chris Reynolds

Site characteristics

Altitude (m): 50
Topography: low slope
Orientation: S
Slope (%): 12.0
Hydrology: Free draining
South containment: 0
Soil type: HISTOSOLS
Soil sub-type: dystric-eutric
Parent rock: basalt
PH: 5.4

Climate

Average temperature (°C): 8.8
Average precipitation (mm): 1821
Number of frost days: 99
Reference period for climatic data: 1950-2000

History of the site

This is a Forestry Commission (FC) site adjacent to the FC office at Salen on the Isle of Mull. The area has been clear felled about 2 years previously and lies immediately to the west of another experiment looking at the performance of different species grown for short rotation forestry. The site is fenced against deer and rabbits, and the REINFFORCE mandatory species are planted in the southern part of the site, and a replicated trial testing both REINFFORCE and other species is planted out in the upper part of the site. We chose the site because of a history of previous experimental use plus it was the most oceanic of the UK experimental sites.
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Provenances on site

Provenance N Provenance
Acer pseudoplatanus 3
Betula pendula 6
Calocedrus decurrens 3
Castanea sativa 6
Cedrus atlantica 4
Cedrus libani subsp. libani 2
Ceratonia siliqua 3
Cunninghamia lanceolata 2
Cupressus sempervirens 3
Eucalyptus globulus 1
Eucalyptus gundal 1
Eucalyptus nitens 1
Fagus sylvatica 2
Fagus sylvatica subsp. orientalis 3
Larix decidua 4
Liquidambar styraciflua 3
Pinus brutia 3
Pinus elliottii 3
Pinus nigra subsp. laricio 2
Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii 1
Pinus peuce 2
Pinus pinaster 3
Pinus pinea 2
Pinus ponderosa 3
Pinus sylvestris 6
Pinus taeda 3
Pseudotsuga menziesii 6
Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia 3
Quercus petraea subsp. petraea 3
Quercus robur 6
Quercus rubra 2
Quercus shumardii 1
Quercus suber 3
Robinia pseudoacacia 6
Sequoia sempervirens 5
Thuja plicata 2