Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research LWF

Lausanne

  • Community: Lausanne / canton VD
  • Date of installation: 5 September 1994
  • Size of the plot: 2 ha
  • Altitude: 800-814 m
  • Mean slope: 7%
  • Geology: Subsoil: Tertiary, Miocene, Burdigalian, upper marine molasse; sandstone - Surface: Quaternary, Würm; Würm-glacial moraine.
  • Soil types (WSL) : Distric Cambisols
  • Woodland association after EK72: 8: Milio-Fagetum
  • Main tree species: Fagus sylvatica
  • Management system: high forest
  • Silvicultural system: group selection
  • Top-height diameter (quadratic average diameter of the 100 thickest trees per ha): 59.9 cm
  • Number of trees BHD >= 12 cm (2011): 650
  • Maximum tree age: Abies alba 160-170 yr - Picea abies 160-170 yr - Fagus sylvatica 160-170 yr

New measured values from stations in and outside the Forest (stand and open land) are shown under the following link:

Real-time data

Atmospheric deposition

Kontakt: Peter Waldner, Anne Thimonier, Maria Schmitt, WSL.

Foliar analysis

Kontakt: Peter Waldner, Anne Thimonier, Maria Schmitt, WSL.

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