Lenoir Landing NEON - United States of America

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Basic Information
Site Name
Lenoir Landing NEON
Short name
LENO
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/leno
Site Manager
David Mitchell
Site Description
The Lenoir Landing site (LENO) is a terrestrial field site located located in southwest Alabama near Butler, AL in Choctaw county. The 58 km2 (14,349 acre) site is colocated with the 17 km2 (4218 acre) Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge and Lenoir Landing Park. Lenoir Landing Park hosts the flux tower and tower plots and is managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The distributed plots are located 5 km (3 mi.) south of the tower shed on the Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The site is characterized by hardwood bottomland with seasonal flooding and is located along the Tombigbee River. This site is part of NEON's Ozarks Complex Domain (D08). D08 includes two other terrestrial field sites and three aquatic field sites. LENO is colocated with the Lower Tombigbee River aquatic site (TOMB).
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Last modified
2025-09-18 09:09:26

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2015
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
NEON✔ (LENO)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
Photos
LENO Tower from a drone
LENO Tower from a drone
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 31.85388 Longitude: -88.16122

Size
ca. 24.00ha
Elevation (average)
13.00msl
Elevation (min)
8.00msl
Elevation (max)
26.00msl
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Mixed Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Deciduous Forest
Mixed Forest
Rivers
Small rivers
Air Temperature: Average Annual
18.10°C
Precipitation Annual
1386.00mm
Geology
The parent materials at LENO are primarily Holocene-aged alluvial deposits, with the upstream source of the alluvium mainly Eocene-aged materials from the Wilcox and Claiborne groups. Coastal and terrace deposits are also found on the site.
Vegetation
The vegetation around LENO is dominated by closed-canopy pine-oak mixed forest, and also includes meadows and wetlands. Pine trees are typically found in higher, relatively less flooded areas, while oaks are distributed throughout the whole area, including the lower land with standing water. Some common species found in the canopy include a broad mix of cypress (Taxodium spp.), black gum (Nyssa sylvatica), shagbark hickory (Carya ovata), oaks, and green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica). Ground cover includes bamboo, grass, smilax and poison ivy (Toxicodendrom radicans).
Soils
Soils at LENO are in the soil subgroup Vertic Epiaquepts, which are characterized as fine, mixed, active, acid, and thermic. The major soil series on the site include Urbo, Mooreville, and Una, with minor extents of Riverview and Mantachie on higher positions.
Hydrology
LENO is located within the Tombigbee River basin, which is encompassed within the Mobile River Basin. The 35656 km2 (8.8 million acre) basin straddles the border between Alabama and Mississippi. The Tombigbee River gathers the flow from four major rivers: the Buttahatchee, Noxubee, and Sucarnoochee from the west, and the Sipsey from the northeast. The main branch of the river flows from northeastern Mississippi to western Alabama, where it joins with the Black Warrior River, then eventually drains into the Mobile River. The flow in the Tombigbee River is generally regulated by locks and dams. The Tombigbee River Basin is subject to major precipitation pulses from tropical storms and hurricanes. These major events affect nutrient and organic matter flux, sediment transport, and biota along the gradient as they propagate downstream.
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