Site:DS36
REINFFORCE - Arboretum - Forêt du Fayel
Municipality: Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt
Region: Bretagne
Country: France
Website: http://www.foretpriveefrancaise.com
Partner in charge of the site: IDF-CNPF
Responsible name: Eric PAILLASSA
Site characteristics
Altitude (m): 80
Topography: plateau
Orientation: FLAT
Slope (%): 2.0
Hydrology: none
Soil type: CAMBISOLS
Soil sub-type: dystric-eutric
Parent rock: loamy loess
PH: 4.5
Climate
Average temperature (°C): 11.7
Average precipitation (mm): 769
Number of frost days: 35
Reference period for climatic data: 1981-2010
History of the site
The global objective is to develop a new silviculture to slow down the impacts of climatic changes and to maintain the high quality wood production of Douglas-fir. The objective of this demonstration site is to present different types of forest management in previous changing climate.The stand is about 40 years old forest, composed in one part of silver fir and in an other part of various species. The demonstration site has 3 experimental plots : - A regular stand of silver fir, where a low thinning will be done - A mixed and irregular stand with oak, chestnut, sylvestris pine, sylver fir, where nothing will be done - A mixed and irregular stand with oak, chestnut, sylvestris pine, sylver fir where an enrichment (local plantation) with some more adapted species to changing climate (for example cedrus) will be done. 