LWF Plot Novaggio - Community: Novaggio / canton TI - Date of installation: 8.3.95 - Size of the plot: 1.5 ha - Altitude (m): 902-997 - Mean slope: 68% - Geology (in German): Untergrund: Südalpin, präpermisches Grundgebirge; Orthogneis, schiefriger Biotitplagioklasgneis - Oberfläche: Quartär; karbonatfreie würmeiszeitliche Moräne - Provisional soil type (WSL): Kryptopodzole - Woodland association after EK72: 42: Phyteumo betonicifoliae-Quercetum castanosum - Main tree species: Quercus cerris - Management system: former coppice - Silvicultural system: unmanaged - Top-height diameter (quadratic average diameter of the 100 thickest trees per ha): 27.0 cm - Number of trees BHD >= 12 cm (2011): 1130 - Maximum tree age: Castanea sativa 90 yr- Betula pendula 70 yr - Quercus cerris 70 yr More Information: https://www.wsl.ch/en/forest/forest-development-and-monitoring/long-term-forest-ecosystem-research-lwf/sites/novaggio.html