Pendleton Perennial Grassland

This experiment has been added by the GLTEN Curators using existing published sources.
Objective
To serve as a baseline for evaluating other experiments at Pendleton
Description
The perennial grassland site has no experimental variables and is intended to approximate a native grasslands and serves as a baseline for evaluating changes in other experiments. Since 2004 data measurements taken include above-ground productivity and species counts. Soil is sampled every 5 and 10 years and analyzed for nutrients and SOM.
Data Access Statement
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Data policy
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Organization
Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center, University of Oregon
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Site: Perennial Grassland plot

Type
research station field
Local code
GP
Location
Pendleton
Oregon
USA
Geographic location
45.720699, -118.627532
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Elevation
455 Metres
Visits permitted?
No
Management
The site is periodically reseeded with introduced grass selections: dominant grass species are bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum) with lesser amounts of Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis). Occassional fertilizers are applied and weeds are controlled as needed. It was grazed occasionally until 1985 and vegetation is sometimes clipped during or after summer growth.
Soil description
Soils are coarse silty mixed mesic Typic Haploxerolls
Climate description
The climate is semi-arid, but partially influenced by maritime winds from the Pacific Ocean. Winters are cool and wet, and summers are hot and dry
Climate properties
VariableTime periodValue (range)Units
precipitation420 millimeter
air temperature10 (-1 – 21) degree Celsius

Design period: (1931—)

Design description
Single plot. No treatments applied
Crop
CropYears grown
grass

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