Developing Species-Age Cohorts from Forest Inventory and Analysis Data to Parameterize a Forest Landscape Model

Table 2

Life history traits for species and cover types included in the LANDIS-II Age-Only Succession model.

Species/cover type	Longevity	Sexual maturity	Shade tolerance	Fire tolerance	Effective seeding distance	Max seeding distance	Probability of sprouting	Min sprout age	Max sprout age	Fire strategy
	(yr)	(yr)	(1–5)	(1–5)	(m)	(m)	(0–1)	(yr)	(yr)
Mesic meadow/early successional shrub^1	40	1	1	2	100	1000	0.5	0	40	None
Xeric meadow/early successional shrub^2	40	1	1	4	200	1000	0.5	0	40	None
Abies balsamea	200	25	5	1	30	160	0	0	0	None
Acer rubrum	150	10	4	1	100	200	0.75	0	100	None
Acer saccharum	300	40	5	1	100	200	0.1	10	60	None
Alnus incana	40	10	1	1	100	500	0.9	0	40	None
Betula alleghaniensis	300	40	3	2	100	400	0.1	10	180	None
Betula populifolia	100	30	2	2	200	5000	0.5	10	70	None
Carya cordiformis	300	30	3	3	30	100	0.75	10	100	None
Fagus grandifolia	300	40	5	1	30	100	0.75	0	100	None
Fraxinus americana	150	20	3	1	100	200	0.75	10	100	None
Fraxinus nigra	150	20	3	1	100	200	0.75	10	100	None
Ostrya virginiana	100	25	5	1	100	500	0.7	0	40	None
Pinus banksiana	100	15	1	3	30	100	0	0	0	Serotiny
Pinus resinosa	200	35	2	4	30	275	0	0	0	None
Pinus strobus	400	40	3	3	60	210	0	0	0	None
Populus deltoides	100	20	1	1	1000	5000	0.9	10	100	None
Populus tremuloides	100	20	1	1	1000	5000	0.9	10	100	None
Populus grandidentata	100	20	1	1	1000	5000	0.9	10	100	None
Prunus serotina	150	20	1	1	30	100	0.75	0	100	None
Quercus alba	300	25	3	2	30	1000	0.75	20	100	None
Quercus rubra	250	25	3	2	30	1000	0.75	20	100	None
Salix spp.	150	20	1	1	200	5000	0.75	10	70	None
Thuja occidentalis	400	20	3	1	30	60	0.1	10	100	None
Tilia americana	250	30	4	1	30	120	0.1	10	200	None
Tsuga canadensis	450	30	5	2	30	100	0	0	0	None
Ulmus americana	200	40	3	1	100	400	0.75	0	100	None

¹Grass (Poa pratensis and P. compressa), sedges (Carex spp.), and herbs (Solidago altissima, S. nemoralis, S. rugosa, Sympyotrichum novae-angliae, Oenothera biennis, Daucus carota, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, and Cerastium arvense) communities with scattered clumps of woody shrubs (Alnus incana, Cornus amomum, C. racemosa, Rhus glabra, R. typhina, and Rubus spp.). ²Grass (Schizachyrium scoparium and Avenella flexuosa) and sedge (Carex spp.) communities with scattered pine (Pinus strobus and P. resinosa) and oak (Quercus rubra and Q. alba) regeneration.