Spatial Distribution of Chesapeake Bay Riparian Hemlock Forests Threatened by Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

Author:

Fajvan Mary Ann1,Morin Randall S2ORCID

Affiliation:

1. USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 180 Canfield Sreet, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA

2. USDA Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis, 3460 Industrial Drive, York, PA 17402, USA

Abstract

Abstract Landscape-scale maps of tree species densities are important tools for managing ecosystems threatened by forest pests. Eastern hemlock dominates riparian forests throughout its range. As a conifer in a deciduous landscape, hemlock plays an ecohydrological role, especially when other species are dormant. The nonnative, hemlock woolly adelgid has caused widespread hemlock decline and mortality. We used two existing basal area raster layers first to identify Chesapeake Bay subwatersheds with ≥6 percent hemlock basal area and second to quantify hemlock basal area densities within fixed-width riparian buffers of 50 m, 100 m, 250 m, and 500 m. Hemlock densities were higher in riparian zones compared with entire subwatersheds. In five subwatersheds, 50 m and 100 m zones had higher percentages of pixels with ≥25 percent hemlock basal area. We produced maps identifying hemlock riparian densities in the Pine Creek Watershed, which managers can use to prioritize sites for supplemental conifer planting under anticipated hemlock decline.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Plant Science,Forestry

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