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Table 2 Summary of forest characteristics measured in 21 mature knobcone pine stands in the northern Mayacmas Mountains, north Coast Range. SE is one standard error of the mean.

From: Age and Structure of Mature Knobcone Pine Forests in the Northern California Coast Range, USA

 

Mean

SE

Median

Range

Slope (%)

37.2

2.1

37.8

18.6 to 56.8

Canopy cover (%)

59.7

2.2

61.6

34.4 to 77.6

Dbh (cm)

20.4

0.8

20.6

9.6 to 25.9

Height (m)

14.7

0.9

16.0

9.8 to 17.4

Height to live crown base (m)

8.5

0.8

9.6

5.5 to 11.5

Age (yr)

55.4

1.9

56.4

34.8 to 66.5

Live basal area (m2 ha−1)

16.6

1.5

16.4

5.8 to 27.2

Live density (trees ha−1)

450.5

103.2

311.2

139.5 to 2412.8

Snag basal area (m2 ha−1)

3.6

0.3

3.3

1.5 to 6.1

Snag density (trees ha−1)

191.0

24.5

183.0

87.5 to 573.0