Plot-based vegetation data for a large tract of old--growth hemlock-northern hardwood forest, Marquette Co., Michigan: 1988

In 1987-88 members of the Burton V. Barnes lab at University of Michigan conducted a landscape inventory of portions of the Huron Mountain Club lands (primarily, the self-declared 'Reserved Area') in Powell Township, northern Marquette County, MI. The data-set deposited here, collect under direction of Philip E. Stuart (then a graduate student in the lab) focuses on the ca. 1200 ha of old-growth, mesic hemlock-northern hardwood forests within the larger property. 313 plots (450 m^2) were established at nodes of an approximately 10 chain (~192 m) grid that fell within these forest types. The data-set includes canopy tree measurements, ground-layer cover estimates (for a subpplot), and a number of soil and topographic variables (measured directly and derived). A description of the study and results is published in Simpson et al. 1990. Occasional Papers of the Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation Number 4, with associated maps.