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FEMC Forest Health Monitoring
Name: FEMC Forest Health Monitoring
Description: The Forest Health Monitoring Program was established in 1991 as a joint effort between the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) and the Vermont Monitoring Cooperative (VMC) (as of March 2017 renamed to Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC)) to monitor the condition of a range of tree species in Vermont. Plot design follows the structure set by the National Forest Health Monitoring Program with additional metrics added to reflect improvements in monitoring technologies and additions to monitoring objectives.
Organization: Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
Primary Contact: Ben Porter
Date: 1991-01-01 to present
States: VT
Data Types Included: plot, tree, sapling, seedling
Program Link: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/forest-health-monitoring
Download Standardized Program Data & Files: femcfhm.zip
| Name | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sapling Status | PlotID combined with SubplotID |
| Tree Plot Type | fixed |
| Tree Plot Shape | circle |
| Plot Projected Coordinate System | 4326: WGS 84 - WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984, used in GPS |
| Tree Min DBH | 5 in |
| NEFIN Tree ID | PlotID combined with SubplotID and TreeID |
| NEFIN Plot ID | PlotID combined with SubplotID |
| NEFIN Sapling ID | PlotID combined with SubplotID and SaplingID |
| Sapling Min DBH | 1 in |
| Tree Plot Expansion Factor | 0.01681 |
| Seedling Plot Expansion Factor | 0.00135 |
| Sapling Plot Expansion Factor | 0.00135 |
| Tree Plot Shape | circle |
| Sapling Plot Shape | circle |
| Seedling Plot Shape | circle |
| Tree Plot Size (side length or radius) | 7.32 m |
| Sapling Plot Size (side or radius) | 2.07 m |
| Seedling Plot Size (side or radius) | 2.07 m |
| Tree Plot Area | 168.113 sqm |
| Sapling Plot Area | 13.496 sqm |
| Seedling Plot Area | 13.496 sqm |
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