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Structural Characteristics of an Old-Growth Coast Redwood
1. Structural Characteristics of an Old-Growth
Coast Redwood Stand in Mendocino
County, California1
Gregory A. Giusti2
Abstract
This paper compares stand characteristics of Old Growth coastal redwood stand densities and
forest structure found throughout the northern tier of the range of coast redwood (Sequoia
sempervirens). Tree densities are relatively low compared to commercially managed stands of
coast redwood. Tree size classes distributions vary from <5cm to >254cm (2″ dbh to >100″).
Dominant tree species include tanoak (Lithocarpus multiflora), Douglas-fir (Psuedotsuga
menzisii) and Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). Snag densities are given for a stand of
old-growth redwoods in Mendocino County.
Introduction
Forestry practices have historically tended to simplify the structural components
of coast redwood forests (O’Dell 1996). However, recruitment of the structural
elements commonly found in older forests is increasingly recognized as an important
management objective in younger forest stands to address issues of biological
diversity and forest integrity (Mladenoff 1993, Spies 2003). Obviously, old forest
features develop as a function of time; as such they often include stand characteristics
not associated with younger stands. Old forest characteristics are often the result of
stochastic disturbance events—for example, storms, fire, and landslides, whose
legacies shape forest structure and composition and which may be difficult to mimic.
The management for old forest characteristics in coastal redwood forests is a
topic of concern and often-heated debate among managers and policy leaders in
California. Unfortunately, there exists a limited knowledge base regarding the
structure and composition of older forests from which to make sound management
decisions. This has lead to the reliance on data sources from other forests in the
Pacific Northwest to help guide management decisions across the redwood region.
Much of the scientific inquiry investigating the characteristics of redwood forests is
relatively new and promises to provide useful and enlightening information in the
years to come.
Study Site
Many of the sites that are now redwood parks along the north coast were
recognized for their splendor even during a time when old growth forests were still
relatively common. Montgomery Woods State Reserve is no different in this regard
from the other impressive stands in the California State Park system.
1
This paper was presented at the Redwood Science Symposium: What does the future hold? March 15-
17, 2004, Rohnert Park, California.
2
University of California Cooperative Extension, 890 N. Bush Street, Ukiah, CA 93637, 707-463-4495.
email: gagiusti@ucdavis.edu
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The site is located in a narrow canyon in the headwaters of Big River. It
represents one of the few stands of uncut redwoods remaining in Mendocino County.
The Reserve is 456 ha (1,142 acres) located on the Comptche-Ukiah road about 24
Km (15 miles) west of Ukiah and 48 Km (30 miles) east of the town of Mendocino.
The Reserve was originally acquired in the 1940s through the efforts of the Save-the-
Redwoods League. From an original gift of 9 acres, donated by the landowner Robert
Orr in 1945, the grove has grown to its present size. The uniqueness of this particular
site is the fact that beyond the original nine acre gift the surrounding acreage could be
described as “common ground” that was the mainstay of the logging industry in
Mendocino county. Most of the Reserve is very steep, inaccessible to the public and
sparsely covered by trees. It represents an example of the type of redwood stands that
would have extensively covered this part of the coast redwood range. The fact that
this site was spared the loggers ax makes it unique.
Montgomery Woods, has the expected assemblage of associated flora including
tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflora), big-leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum), California bay or laurel
(Umbellularia californica), red alder (Alnus rubra), sword fern (Polystichum munitum),
redwood sorrel (Oxalis oregana), rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum), huckleberry
(Vaccinium ovatum), salal (Gaultheria shallon), and azalea (Rhododendron occidentele).
Sholars (in Sawyer and others 2000) has cataloged 47 species of lichens as part of the
Bryophytic component for Montgomery Woods.
The study site is adjacent to the Big River. The sites parallel to the river are
relatively flat. Transects that are perpendicular to the river vary from 0° to 45° slope.
The average slope across the study area is 31.5°.
Methods
Currently, the study site includes 14 parallel transects spaced at 35 m intervals
perpendicular to the river. Plot spacing is 30 m, with an average of four
plots/transect. The sampled area is 5.46 ha (13 acres). By design, each transect
includes sites in the alluvial plain and the adjacent upland. A total of 46, permanent,
0.04 ha (1/10 acre), circular plots have been established. Each plot is surveyed for
slope, tree species, tree size, and habitat elements. Habitat elements include snags,
down wood, rock outcroppings, leaf litter, and ground cover.
Results
Stand Density Characteristics
Tree density is relatively low with relatively few; very large individuals
occupying the stand. A total of 1,313 trees were tallied within the plots. Of these 13
percent are coast redwood, seven percent Douglas-fir and 80 percent tanoak. The
dominance of tanoak, in the smaller size classes is obvious in figure 1. Nearly 80
percent of all stems under 25.4 cm (10″) dbh are tanoaks. Conversely, all of the stems
>203 cm (80″) dbh are redwood with the dominant Douglas-fir cohorts found
between 101 to 152 cm (40 to 60″) dbh.
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<2 - 10"
10 - 20"
20 - 40"
40 - 60"
60 - 80"
> 80"
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Tanoak
Douglas - fir
Redwood
Figure 1—Size class distribution of old-growth coastal redwood stand (Montgomery
Woods State Park, Mendocino County).
Trees diameters varied from <5.0cm to 254 cm (<2″ to >100″) dbh (fig. 1).
Tanoaks dominated the smaller sizes between 5 to 25.4cm (2 to 10”) with dominance
inversely proportion to size class. The largest tanoak measured 91.4cm (36″) dbh.
Douglas-fir was represented in the small and moderate sizes from <5.0 to 167.6cm
(<2″ to 66″ dbh) and redwood was present in all sizes from <5.0 to 269.25cm (<2″ to
106″ dbh).
Size Class Distribution Characteristics
Redwood densities by size class varied from 62 trees/ha <25.4 cm (26 tpa <10″)
to 2.4 trees/ha >203 cm (1 tpa >80″) (table 1). Overall, redwood averaged 105
trees/ha (44 tpa) when all size classes are considered. DF density on the site,
averaged 74 trees/ha (31 tpa) and varied between 43 trees/ha (18 tpa <10″) to 12
trees/ha (5 tpa) for the largest cohorts. Tanoak was both heavily dominant and limited
in its size distribution being skewed toward the smaller size classes. Tanoak stems
varied between 595 stems/ha (248 stems/acre) for trees <25.4 cm dbh (10″) to
approximately 5 trees/ha (2 tpa) of those >51 cm (20″). Tanoak densities averaged
677/ha (282 tpa). The largest tanoak measured 91.44 cm (36 inches).
Table 1—Distribution of trees size classes by species per acre, Montgomery Woods State
Reserve.
Species Total/ac
redwood
<25.4
cm
(10″)
dbh
62 t/ha
(26
tpa)
27.9-51
cm
(11-20″)
dbh
5 t/ha
(2 tpa)
53-101
cm
(21-40″)
dbh
9 t/ha
(4 tpa)
101-104cm
(41-60″)
dbh
17 t/ha
(7 tpa)
154-203cm
(61-80″)
dbh
9 t/ha
(4 tpa)
>203cm
(80″)
dbh
2.4t/ha
(1 tpa)
105 t/ha
(44 tpa)
Douglas-fir 43t/ha
(18
tpa)
5t/ha
(2 tpa)
5t/ha
(2 tpa)
9t/ha
(4 tpa)
12t/ha
(5 tpa)
0 74t/ha
(31 tpa)
tanoak 595t/ha
(248
tpa)
77t/ha
(32 tpa)
5t/ha
(2 tpa)
0 0 0 677t/ha
(282
tpa)
This data illustrates a relatively flat inverse “J” curve suggesting that tree
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recruitment is limited on the site (fig. 2). Many of the smallest seedlings of all three
species have very little live crown and are showing outward signs of senescence.
Some of the redwood stems in the intermediate size classes (<51 cm (20″) appear to
be the sprouts from the “fairy ring” from a nearby maternal tree unique to coast
redwood regeneration.
26
248
2 4 7 4 1
0
50
100
150
200
250
treesperacre
<10
11.-20.
21.-40.
41.-60.
61.-80.
>80
size class
Fig. 2.Size class distribution for redwood, Douglas fir and tanoak.
Montgomery Woods State Preserve
redwood
Douglas-fir
tanoak
Figure 2—Size class distribution for redwood, Douglas fir and tanoak.
Snags
Snags, though present are relatively scarce. Because of the high density of
tanoak stems, they represent the highest density of snags present (this site is not
known to be infected with Phytophthora ramorum, the causative agent for Sudden
Oak Death disease). Of tanoak snags, 18 percent of stems >25.4 cm (n = 115) exhibit
characteristics commonly associated with age including: broken branches, tops, trunk
hollows, fire scarring, and standing dead trees. Within this sample, 15 percent are
true snags (fig. 3), while three percent have trunk hollows potentially suitable for
cavity use by several species. Snag size class distribution of tanoak is directly
proportional to the ratio of stem size class availability with the most snags found in
the smaller cohort class. Tanoak snag density of trees >25.4 cm (10″) = 21 trees/ha (9
tpa).
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0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
#oftrees/ac
10.-12.
12.-14.
14-16
16-18
18-20
20-22
22-24
24-26
26-28
28-30
>30
size class (inches)
tanoak
Figure 3—Size distribution of tanoak stems >10″ dbh having old forest
characteristics, Montgomery Woods State Reserve.
Douglas-fir snag density is low. Of the 22 stems >51 cm (20″) only three snags
were found. In all cases, each snag is >76cm (30″) dbh. This translates to a density of
.5 snag/ha (.2/acre) suggesting a relatively few number of DF stems are readily
accessible for snag habitat in older coastal redwood/Douglas-fir forests.
True snags of coast redwood were not observed within the transects. However,
unique habitat characteristics often associated with standing snags are prevalent on
living trees in the form of fire scars with trunk hollows. Virtually every large
redwood on site has evidence of fire scarring visible on the trunk. Of those trees >76
cm (30″) dbh, 31 percent have trunk hollows of various sizes and shapes. Of those
trees >101 cm (40″) nearly 29 percent have trunk hollows and 35 percent of those
trees >152 cm (60″) have hollows. Coast redwood trees with trunk hollows are
distributed at densities equaling .4/ha (.16 tpa) for all sizes.
Discussion
Forest Distribution and Characteristics
The coast redwood forest, being dispersed along a north-south axis, has
characteristics affected by geographic location and localized climate and edaphic
conditions (Sawyer and others 2000). Any comparison between redwood stands from
differing geographic locations should be viewed as reference points and not as
absolute factors. Furthermore, any numerical comparison between stands should also
recognize that differences exist in structural attributes between trees growing on
upland sites vs. trees growing on alluvial flats with alluvial deposits generally having
higher tree densities then those stands on adjacent upland sites. Table 2 compares
stand characteristics of old growth coast redwood stands from the northern tier of its
range illustrating the variation in the structural elements of any particular site.
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Table 2—Stand density comparison between Old Growth coastal redwood stands from
different geographic locations with differing climatic and edaphic conditions.
Stand Age Old Growth Old Growth Old Growth Old Growth
Location Redwood Creek Little Lost Man
Creek
Bull Creek Montgomery
Woods State
Reserve
County Humboldt Humboldt Humboldt Mendocino
Tree Size TPA TPA TPA TPA
> 24″ dbh No data 20 40 16
> 32″ dbh No data 15.7 40 —
> 40″ dbh 11.3 12 35 15
Structural Characteristics of Older Forests in the Northern Tier of
the Redwood Range
In 1969, the U.S. Department of Interior initiated a project to identify and
purchase what is now known as Redwood National Park in the northwestern corner
of California. As a result, stand structure data were collected for a number of
properties in old growth redwood stands that were being proposed for acquisition
(HJW 1969a, 1969b, 1969c, 1969d). The information provides an opportunity to
compare size class distributions on un-logged sites from another portion of the
northern tier of the redwood region with that obtained at Montgomery Woods.
The resultant data from the approximately 9,000 aggregated acres cruised
demonstrates a relatively similar size class distribution of conifers as witnessed in
Montgomery Woods, though the northern sites had some larger cohorts.
Unfortunately, hardwoods are not part of the data set. Given the acreages of the
cruised parcels, one can surmise that both upland and riparian sites were sampled.
The average conifer density of the three ownerships for coast redwood was 32
trees/acre, with tree sizes below 50″ dbh dominating in each case, trees >50″ dbh
were common and averaged >2 trees/acre. Similarly, each property averaged
approximately one tree >90″ dbh per acre. A comparison of the three property cruise
reports demonstrates a similarity of size class distribution across each of the
ownerships (fig. 5).
Comparison between this data and the information obtained from Montgomery
Woods (table 2) on relative redwood densities suggests that the sites are different.
This is consistent with Sawyer (2000, see chapter 3) who suggests that within the
central portion of the coast redwood range steep, friable Franciscan formation soils
affect both density and composition of the redwood site being evaluated. This
characterization is accurate for Montgomery Woods.
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Figure 5—Size distribution of OG redwood trees ARCO, Simpson and Rellim Timber
Companies. Del Norte County. 9,378 acres ≈ 32 trees/acre. (HJW 1969)
Habitat Relationships
The faunal component of the redwood type is not well studied (Cooperrider and
others 2000) and those few examples of redwood–habitat interactions are exhaustedly
cited (Gellman and Zielinski 1996, Zielinski and Gellman 1999) since so few works
exist to guide decision-making.
The alteration of vast acreages of redwood forest, the result of commercial
logging, makes it difficult to determine the extent and importance of many of the
relationships between various habitat elements and dependent species. The
Montgomery Reserve site suggests that the formation of a “true snag” from a
redwood may be a rare occurrence with other species providing the necessary
elements for snag dependent behaviors. However, those snag-like elements, for
example, trunk hollows, found in older stands, are not easily recruited through
conventional forestry management practices thereby necessitating the need to
maintain those elements when they are found in a managed stand. A need exists to
explore managerial alternatives to evaluate strategies to recruit unique habitat
elements into redwood stands that have been simplified by past logging.
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