Aspect: 200 degrees
Slope Position: Back Slope (where the slope curves inward)
Temperature: 19 degrees celsius
Landform: Nose
The site is populated with 15 Black Gum, 1 Red Maple and 2 Pitch Pine.
Seeing as of how this site was a nose slope, it had a lot of different types of vegetation. The type of slope determines how fast water moves down the land. with a nose slope, it is a rather steep slope and on all ends (both left, right and front) so the water falls directly off. Nose slopes bring a lot of water flowing down them and falling off of all three sides. Since there is so much water that flows down them they bring a lot of fruits and seeds from the trees higher up. So when the water slows down then those seedlings have a chance to germinate. Since so many different plants are brought down to the nose slopes, nose slopes have a very diverse population. Nose slopes also tend to be on the side of the mountain that has a high aspect and is hit with a lot of sunlight, therefore if you look at the trees in the images you can see that they are fairly thin because the sun soaks up a lot of water. Water also does not stay for very long on a nose slope and stay put giving the soil a chance to soak water in, it generally washing off, not giving the trees much time to soak water up. Due to all of these factors this nose slope was a dry location bringing dry vegetation with it.
Citation: http://geology.isu.edu/geostac/Field_Exercise/wildfire/topography.htm
"Topography." Geospatial Training and Analysis Cooperative: Wildland Fires. Web. 11 Nov. 2013
Seeing as of how this site was a nose slope, it had a lot of different types of vegetation. The type of slope determines how fast water moves down the land. with a nose slope, it is a rather steep slope and on all ends (both left, right and front) so the water falls directly off. Nose slopes bring a lot of water flowing down them and falling off of all three sides. Since there is so much water that flows down them they bring a lot of fruits and seeds from the trees higher up. So when the water slows down then those seedlings have a chance to germinate. Since so many different plants are brought down to the nose slopes, nose slopes have a very diverse population. Nose slopes also tend to be on the side of the mountain that has a high aspect and is hit with a lot of sunlight, therefore if you look at the trees in the images you can see that they are fairly thin because the sun soaks up a lot of water. Water also does not stay for very long on a nose slope and stay put giving the soil a chance to soak water in, it generally washing off, not giving the trees much time to soak water up. Due to all of these factors this nose slope was a dry location bringing dry vegetation with it.
Citation: http://geology.isu.edu/geostac/Field_Exercise/wildfire/topography.htm"Topography." Geospatial Training and Analysis Cooperative: Wildland Fires. Web. 11 Nov. 2013
