Forest floor carbon and nitrogen content from 9 Hillslope Project sites in Macon County, North Carolina, within the Upper Little Tennessee River Basin

Forest floor samples were collected at 9 hillslope sites representing a gradient of development, including forested, valley agriculture, and mountain housing developments in Macon County, NC. Forest floor was divided into two categories: forest floor (i.e., Oi, Oe, & Oa layers) and wood <10 cm diameter. Afterwards, the combined depth of the Oe and Oa was measured in the middle of 3 sides of the subplot. Forest floor collections were later dried and weighed before being processed for C and N analyses.