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Great Smoky Mountains National Park American Beech Monitoring

Published by National Park Service | Department of the Interior | Metadata Last Checked: January 07, 2026 | Last Modified: 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
This database includes ratings of branch dieback, defoliation, beech scale and presence of Nectria spp. on high elevation American beech at least 3.5 cm in diameter in ten 20m x 20m plots established in 1994 and evaluated every two years until 2012. Dieback and defoliation ratings of non-beech woody stems larger than 3.5 cm in diameter and counts of seedlings and woody stem regeneration by species in subplots are also included.

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