Abstract
AbstractForest floor properties of stands along a moisture gradient from dry, represented by a piñon‐juniper stand (Pinus edulis Engelm—Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.), to wet, represented by a white fir stand (Abies concolor [Gordon & Glend.] Lindl.), were studied. Dry weights and amounts of nutrients were directly related to the moisture gradient. For example, dry weights of the forest floor increased from 9.4 to 80.8 metric tons/ha from the dry to the wet end of the moisture gradient, respectively. Nutrient concentrations were not related to the moisture gradient with the exception of K. In the more mesic stands sufficient water appears to have been present to allow substantial leaching of K from the forest floor.
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