Site:DS38
REINFFORCE - Arboretum - Caorche-Saint-Nicolas
Municipality: Caorches-Saint-Nicolas
Region: Haute-Normandie
Country: France
Website: http://www.foretpriveefrancaise.com
Partner in charge of the site: IDF-CNPF
Responsible name: Eric PAILLASSA
Site characteristics
Altitude (m): 170
Topography: plateau
Orientation: FLAT
Slope (%): 0.0
Hydrology: none
Soil type: CAMBISOLS
Soil sub-type: skeletic
Parent rock: clay with flints
PH: 5.0
Climate
Average temperature (°C): 10.6
Average precipitation (mm): 812
Number of frost days: 62
Reference period for climatic data: 1981-2010
History of the site
MAIN SYLVICULTURAL OPTION DEMONSTRATED Study of the behavior of Douglas fir to climate change, according to two potentially different soil to climate risks (particularly water stress), within the same forest ownership. STAND AND SITE DESCRIPTION The Douglas-fir stand concerned is 25 years old, and it's localised in a sensibility climatic area for Douglas-fir in France. This demonstration site has 2 experimental plots : *Plot 1 = soil without potential water stress risk *Plot 2 = soil with potential water stress risk. 