Field data for carbon storage within woody biomass were collected at each of the forested properties. There were no plots established at St. Pierre Wetland because there were not enough large trees to warrant the use of woody biomass calculations. Within each property, a series of 10 m x 10 m plots was established in order to cover a representative sampling of cover types across each property. Before each site visit, rough placements of the plot locations were selected from aerial imagery. Each property contained 8 - 12 plots divided between deciduous and coniferous cover types. In the field, plots were randomly established by blindly throwing a flag to establish the southwest (SW) corner of the plot. The location of the SW corner was recorded with a Garmin GPS unit. Within the plot, every tree larger than 10 cm in diameter at breast height (dbh) was counted. Species and dbh were then recorded. Field data collection took place between November 2019 and February 2020.
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