LWF plot Beatenberg - Community: Beatenberg / canton BE - Date of installation: 25 September 1996 - Size of the plot: 2 ha - Altitude: 1490-1532 m - Mean slope: 66% - Geology (in German): Helvetikum, Tertiär, Eozän; Hohgantsandstein - Provisional soil type (WSL) : Gleyic Podzols - Woodland association after EK72: 57: Sphagno-Piceetum calamagrostietosum villosae - Main tree species: Picea abies - Management system: high forest - Silvicultural system: selection - Top-height diameter (quadratic average diameter of the 100 thickest trees per ha): 46.4 cm - Number of trees BHD >= 12 cm (2011): 851 - Maximum tree age: Picea abies 190-210 yr More Information: https://www.wsl.ch/en/forest/forest-development-and-monitoring/long-term-forest-ecosystem-research-lwf/sites/beatenberg.html