Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaCary Institute of Ecosystem Studies leadUniversity of Kentucky partnerCatskill Mountains Vegetation SamplingForest plot sampling of 13 watersheds across the Catskill Mountains, New York. Data for this project was collected as part of a larger-scale effort to document the distribution of forest types within the Catskills using three similar methods of determining relative basal area for all canopy species.Catskill Mountains Vegetation SamplingLovettGaryWeathersKathleenDeppenJamieArthurMaryGriffinJacobDamonJoyvegetation dynamicsstreamscatskillsnew yorkforest compositionVegetative Sampling Plot Data1997-01-012000-12-31Data collected on tree size and abundance by species for all plots surveyed, including plot elevation, diameter at breast-height, and seedling abundance.Inventory tree species distribution in the Catskill Mountains, and link watershed vegetation to stream and soil chemistry.Z1308_2596_GAJ3ZGVMC.1308.2596mySQLLovett, G. M., Weathers KC, and Arthur, MA. (2000) Vegetative Sampling Plot Data. FEMC. Available at https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/catskill-vegetative-sampling/dataset/catskill-vegetative-sampling-plot-datahttps://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/catskill-vegetative-sampling/dataset/catskill-vegetative-sampling-plot-dataCOUNTCOUNTIf 'LTCODE' = 'GT', 'COUNT'=1 (each tree coded individually). If 'LTCODE"='LT', 'COUNT' = the number of <10cm diameter saplings of that species in the plot.intDBHDiameter at Breast-HeightDiameter at breast height in centimeters, if 'LTCODE'='LT', this field is coded as '0'.decimalELEVElevationElevation of plot surveyed from in feet.intLIVEDEADLive/DeadWhether the tree sampled is live or dead. L=live tree, D=dead tree.textLOCATIONLocationNumber code for each 'location' - or clusters of plots within an area of ~1 ha as outlined by the two transect methods used in the study.intLTCODELTCODESize class descriptor. All trees with a diameter at breast height of >10cm are coded individually as 'GT', with their DBH recorded in the 'DBH' field. All trees with a DBH <10cm are tallied by species in the 'COUNT' field.textPLOTPlottextSPECIESSpeciesSpecies codes listed in methods, using three-letter codes for each species based on the common name.textWSWatershedTwo-letter code assigned to each watershed sampled in this study. Codes listed in methods.text