Harvard Forest & Quabbin Watershed NEON - United States of America

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Site Name
Harvard Forest & Quabbin Watershed NEON
Short name
HARV
Country
United States of America
Site Manager
Site Description
Harvard Forest is a core site in Domain 01: Northeast. Located 73 miles from Boston in Petersham, Massachusetts The Harvard Forest site is spread across 49 km2 of land and is the core NEON site for the Northeast region. Representative habitats at Harvard Forest include northern, transition, and central forests; marshes, swamps, and conifer-dominated bogs; and forest plantations. NEON's meteorological/flux tower and tower sampling plots are located on land owned by Harvard Forest - Harvard University, LTER an forest with a rich history of scientific research. The distributed sampling plots are located along the edge of the Quabbin reservoir which is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Water Supply Protection. For access to the area along the Quabbin, visitors must be accompanied by a NEON project employee. Total data products collected at this site is 119.
Last modified
2020-11-27 13:11:13

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2016
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERIThis site is a verified "GERI" member.
NEON (HARV)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
Photos
HARV canopy
HARV canopy
HARV vegetation
HARV vegetation
Geographic
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 42.5369 Longitude: -72.17266

Size
ca. 4900.00ha
Elevation (average)
351.00msl
Elevation (min)
160.00msl
Elevation (max)
415.00msl
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