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REINFFORCE - Arboretum - Westonbirt
Municipality: Cotswold
Region: Gloucestershire
Country: England-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): 140
Topography: plain
Orientation: S
Slope: 0.0
Hydrology: Free draining with some wetter areas
South containment: 0
Soil type: CAMBISOLS
Soil sub-type: chromic
Parent rock: limestone

Climate

Average temperature (°C): 9.2
Average precipitation (mm): 768
Number of frost days: 98
Reference period for climatic data: 1950-2000

History of the site

This site is situated in the Forestry Commission`s National Arboretum at Westonbirt. It is located on two former experimental sites: a larch progeny trial, and a trial of elms established to test for resistance to Dutch elm disease. Both areas were clear felled the year before planting. Because of constraints imposed by the position of existing paths, the new planting is in four fenced areas. A replicated trial testing both REINFFORCE and other species is planted out in a single enclosure on the old elm site, and the REINFFORCE mandatory species are planted on three fenced enclosures on the former larch site. We chose this site because Westonbirt Arboretum attracts 300000 visitors a year, and the new REINFFORCE site is an important opportunity for interpreting messages to both professionals and the general public about the impacts of climate change.
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Provenances on site

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