Beatrice Willard Alpine Tundra Research Plots

The Beatrice Willard Alpine Tundra Research Plots were established in 1959 along Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, above the treeline in an alpine tundra habitat.

Willard's dissertation and updates, as well as her book Land Above the Trees: A Guide to American Alpine Tundra were highly influential in studies of alpine and tundra ecology.

A 3 feet (0.91 m) fence keeps park visitors from disturbing the plot, and is marked by an explanatory sign.

An old footpath runs through the plot, and was monitored to establish rates of regrowth on the tundra.

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