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Table 2 Species data for May and October

From: The effect of slight thinning of managed coniferous forest on landscape appreciation and psychological restoration

  

May (unthinned)

October (thinned)

Stand density (number/ha)

 

1200/ha (n = 301)

1056/ha (n = 251)

Stand basal area (m2/ha)

 

48.8

44.3

Species composition (basal area; %)

Larch (Larix kaempferi)

66.2%

66.1%

Dogwood (Cornus kousa)

10.1%

10.1%

Red pine (Pinus densiflora)

7.0%

7.3%

Fir (Abies firma)

6.4%

6.4%

Japanese-alder (Alnus japonica)

1.9%

1.8%

Veitch’s silver fir (Abies veitchii)

1.8%

1.8%

Fuji cherry (Prunus incisa)

0.8%

0.8%

Maple (Acer)

0.7%

0.7%

Japanese wing nut (Pterocarya rhoifolia)

0.7%

0.7%

Others

4%

4%