Table 3 Summary of climate regimes and soil types of nine selected NEON sites (part II).

SCBI - Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia

Cfa (Humid Subtropical: mild with no dry season, hot summer); MAT 11.6 \(^{\circ }\)C, MAP 1126 mm

Order: Alfisol; Family: Loamy - skeletal - mixed - active - mesic Ultic Hapludalfs

Sand total: 16.4%; Silt total: 51.5%; Clay total: 32.1%

Deciduous Broadleaf Forests; the mature forests are primarily oak, hickory, ash, and tulip poplar; the young forests are primarily white ash, black locust, and dogwood

SRER - Santa Rita Experimental Range, Arizona

Bsk (Steppe: warm winter); MAT 19.3 \(^{\circ }\)C, MAP 346 mm

Order: Entisol; Family: Coarse - loamy - mixed - calcareous - thermic Typic Torrifluvents

Sand total: 78.8%; Silt total: 16.2%; Clay total: 5%

Open Shrublands; dominated by drought-resistant, thorny species, including a mix of short trees, shrubs, cacti and other succulents, perennial grasses, and annual forbs.

TALL - Tallagada National Forest, Alabama

Cfa (Humid Subtropical: mild with no dry season, hot summer); MAT 17.2 \(^{\circ }\)C, MAP 1328 mm

Order: Ultisol; Family: Fine - loamy - siliceous - subactive - thermic Typic Hapludults

Sand total: 90.7%; Silt total: 6.3%; Clay total: 3%

Evergreen Needleleaf Forests; dominated by conifers, with some areas of intermixed conifers, hardwoods, bottomland hardwoods, and wetlands.

UNDE - University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center, Michigan

Dfb (Warm Summer Continental: significant precipitation in all seasons ); MAT 4.3 \(^{\circ }\)C, MAP 802 mm

Order: Spodosol; Family: Coarse - loamy - mixed - superactive - frigid Argic Fragiaquods

Sand total: 62.3%; Silt total: 32%; Clay total: 5.7%

Mixed Forests; primarily second-growth Northern mesic forest; dominant species of the area are red and sugar maple, aspen, and paper birch.