Service Forester's Handbook

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====== Soil/Site Relations for Black Oak ======
^Slope Position and Percent of Distance from Ridge to Bottom ^Slope Shape                      ^^^|
^                                                            ^Aspect† ^Convex  ^Linear  ^Concave  |
|Upper Slopes and Ridges (0 to 25)                           |NE      |68      |73      |79       |
|                                                            |SE, NW  |65      |70      |75       |
|                                                            |SW      |62      |66      |71       |
|Upper Mid-Slopes (26 to 50)                                 |NE      |70      |76      |81       |
|                                                            |SE, NW  |67      |72      |77       |
|                                                            |SW      |64      |69      |74       |
|Lower Mid-Slopes (51-75)                                    |NE      |73      |78      |84       |
|                                                            |SE,NW   |69      |74      |80       |
|                                                            |SW      |66      |71      |77       |
|Lower Slopes and Bottoms (76-100)                           |NE      |75      |81      |87       |
|                                                            |SE,NW   |72      |77      |83       |
|                                                            |SW      |68      |74      |79       |
Predicted site index for black oak growing on fine textured upland soils having restricted internal
drainage (Rarden, Coolville, Keene, Upshur, and Lathem Soil Series) (Carmean 1967).\\
† Northeast aspects are from 337° to 113°, southeast from 114° to 155°, southwest from 156° to 295°, 
and Northwest from 296° to 336° azimuth.

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