Blandy Experimental Farm NEON - United States of America

Basic Information
Site Name
Blandy Experimental Farm NEON
Short name
BLAN
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/field-sites-map/BLAN
Site Manager
Ty Lindberg
Site Description
The Blandy Experimental Farm is a relocatable terrestrial site and part of NEON's Mid-Atlantic Domain2. BLAN is located in Clarke County, Virginia, and is 60 miles west of Washington, D.C. NEON's Blandy site is technically subdivided between two locations, Blandy Experimental Farm and Casey Tree Farm, to meet the needs of NEON's Distributed Plot activities. The Casey Tree Farm is located 10 km northeast of the tower, and land use includes a similar mix of woodland, hay fields, and tree nurseries. NEON samples 2.7 km^2 at the Blandy Experimental Farm and 3 km^2 at the Casey Tree Farm. This region is encompassed within NEON's Mid-Atlantic Domain and is bordered by the Appalachian and Blue Ridge Mountains on the west and the ...
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2021-03-03 11:03:51

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2015
Observed properties
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Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
NEON✔ (BLAN)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
Photos
BLAN Boardwalk
BLAN Boardwalk
Geographic
500 m
2000 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 39.06026 Longitude: -78.07164

Size
ca. 269.00ha
Elevation (average)
183.00msl
Elevation (min)
119.00msl
Elevation (max)
193.00msl
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Deciduous Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Deciduous Forest
Air Temperature: Average Annual
12.00°C
Precipitation Annual
9823.00mm
Geology
The Blandy Casey Tree Farm consists of limestone, dolostone, and shale; while the Blandy Experimental Farm consists of limestone and dolostone. Conococheague formation, limestone and dolostone. Cambrian and Ordovician.

USGS HUC: h02070007
Vegetation
The Blandy Experimental Farm is predominantly a fallow scrubland consisting primarily of hay crops and goldenrod, though the site is surrounded by fragmented secondary forests and successional shrubs. Casey Tree Farm, as the name suggests, is a tree nursery with hay fields encompassed by deciduous woodlands of black oak, tulip poplar, and paw paw. NEON plots are distributed throughout Deciduous Forest and Pasture Hay NLCD classes, and these monitor and provide presence and absence data for over 100 plant species, including goldenrod (Solidago altissima), buckthorn (Rhamnus davurica), and Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii).
Soils
Fine, mixed, subactive, mesic. Ultic Hapludalfs.

Hydrology
Groundwater aquifers are recharged by precipitation, which percolates through fractures in carbonate rock and is sometimes facilitated by geologic structures such as sinkholes or sinking streams. This water is eventually discharged to streams in the form of spring discharge.
Site Type
Non-stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Accessible All Year
Yes
Permanent Operation
No