Best development occurs on moist, deep, well-drained, fertile, loamy soils. This forest community is by far the most common in the Adirondack region occupying over 50% of the forested land. Sugar ...

First, students travel to the study area (Hope College Biology Nature Preserve - a 50 acre parcel of beech-maple "dune" forest) and observe spatial distribution patterns of seedlings that could be ...

Aspen, beech, and birch sap seen as small niche, but could have potential for new revenue streams for maple producers.