论文信息 - The Forest Cover of the Catskill Mountain Region, New York, as Indicated by Land Survey Records.

The Forest Cover of the Catskill Mountain Region, New York, as Indicated by Land Survey Records.

Surveyor's records antedating the General Land Survey of the public domain are utilized to assess the 18th-century forest composition of the Catskill Mountain region of New York. Although more difficult to compile they provide a reasonable quantitative evaluation of the principal tree species present before extensive occupation and disturbance of the area by European settlers. The principal tree components in the lower and mid-altitudes (below 3,000 feet) were beech 49%, hemlock 20%, sugar maple 13%, birch spp. 7%. Such information is useful in providing a base for modern quantitative studies of forest composition.

R. P. McIntosh

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