Mount Monadnock, Monadnock State Park: Elevation & Topographic Effects on Forest Composition & Soils

  • Low elevation northern hardwoods + some mesophytic remnants from historic logging

    Functionally autumn at base elevation
  • Deciduous northern hardwoods, closed canopy
  • Composition shift toward red spruce from deciduous as elevation increases
  • Approaching treeline, note shrubby groundcover
  • Approximate treeline
  • Just past treeline
  • Alpine(ish) summit
  • Functionally winter at peak elevation