GLBRC Sustainability Data Catalog

Poplar Understory Biomass — GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment

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Biomass of the understory plant growth in the BCSE poplar treatment (G8); including at peak biomass as well as sampling before agronomic activities such as mowing, herbicide application, and cover crop harvest. Peak biomass samples were sorted to species through 2018, but from 2019 onward are left “unsorted”, as are samples from the other sampling campaigns.

This datatable is part of the GLBRC Aboveground Plant Biomass dataset.

This dataset contains aboveground biomass data for all treatments (G1-G10) of the GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment (BCSE). Biomass samples are taken at peak biomass for estimation of aboveground net primary production (ANPP) as well as other sampling campaigns such as cover crop harvest or to capture biomass before agronomic activities. Also included are annual stem diameter measurements and occasional destructive harvests for poplar (G8). See the ANPP protocol for description of the sampling and measurement methods used for each of the treatments. Typically, biomass is sampled around each sampling station (S1-S3) in each replicate plot (R1-R5). Belowground plant biomass is available in a different dataset.

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Experiment: GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment
Data available from: January 2008 to January 2019
Dataset: GLBRC082
Datatable ID: GLBRC082-005.194
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Last Updated 2023-10-24
Variate Description Units
year growing season year
sample date harvest date
campaign the purpose of the sample
site location of biomass collection
treatment experimental treatment
replicate replicate nested within treatment
station sampling location
species biomass crop or weed
fraction portion of crop harvested
biomass dry mass of sampled matter g/m2
area sampled the size of the sample area
comments sample notes

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Data Excerpt

year sample_date campaign site treatment replicate station species fraction biomass area_sampled weight_g comments
2022 2022-06-23 pre-mow KBS GLBRC Intensive Site G8 R1 S1 UnSorted whole 346.8 1.0
2022 2022-06-23 pre-mow KBS GLBRC Intensive Site G8 R1 S2 UnSorted whole 670.3 1.0
2022 2022-06-23 pre-mow KBS GLBRC Intensive Site G8 R1 S3 UnSorted whole 504.0 1.0
2022 2022-06-23 pre-mow KBS GLBRC Intensive Site G8 R2 S1 UnSorted whole 339.8 1.0
2022 2022-06-23 pre-mow KBS GLBRC Intensive Site G8 R2 S2 UnSorted whole 378.3 1.0
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