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REINFFORCE - Arboretum - Crychan Forest
Municipality: Carmathen
Region: Carmarthenshire
Country: Wales-UK
Website: https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/reinfforce-experiment-data-explorer/
Partner in charge of the site: FR
Responsible name: Dr R Jinks

Site characteristics

Altitude (m): 185
Topography: plateau
Orientation: S
Slope: 5.0
Hydrology: Free draining with some wetter areas
South containment: 0
Soil type: CAMBISOLS
Soil sub-type: stagnic
Parent rock: Claystone-mudstone

Climate

Average temperature (°C): 9.0
Average precipitation (mm): 1357
Number of frost days: 115
Reference period for climatic data: 1950-2000

History of the site

This is a Natural Resources Wales (formerly the Forestry Commission in Wales ) site that is about 15 km from the forest district office in Llandovery. The previous crop of Sitka spruce was clear felled about 3 years before planting, and much of the brash and log debris was removed. The site is bisected by a forest road into two roughly equal sized parts. The REINFFORCE mandatory species are planted in the upper half to the east of the forest road, and a replicated trial testing both REINFFORCE and other species is planted out in the lower part of the site. Although the area is considered to be free of deer, the site has been fenced to protect from deer and rabbits. We chose this site because of its proximity to the Forest Research`s office in Wales, and because it was the flattest of the available sites in Wales.
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Provenances on site

Provenance N Provenance
Acer pseudoplatanus 3
Betula pendula 6
Calocedrus decurrens 3
Castanea sativa 5
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 3
Fagus sylvatica subsp. orientalis 3
Larix decidua 7
Liquidambar styraciflua 3
Pinus brutia 4
Pinus elliottii 4
Pinus nigra subsp. laricio 2
Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii 1
Pinus peuce 2
Pinus pinaster 3
Pinus pinea 3
Pinus ponderosa 3
Pinus sylvestris 6
Pinus taeda 3
Pseudotsuga menziesii 9
Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia 3
Quercus petraea subsp. petraea 3
Quercus robur 5
Quercus rubra 2
Quercus shumardii 1
Quercus suber 3
Robinia pseudoacacia 5
Sequoia sempervirens 3
Thuja plicata 3