Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

New York City Watershed Lands Forest Inventory: Understory Tree Inventory

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Metadata Provider

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    Forest inventory plots collected by NYCDEP contractors on NYC watershed lands. Data includes plot locations (shapefile) and access database with forest inventory variables. Data is summarized at the stand level.

People

  • Gennaro Falco: Principal Investigator

  • Ethan Pierce: Principal Investigator

  • Deborah Layton: Principal Investigator

  • Joy Damon: Content Provider

Keywords

  • new york, saplings, seedlings, tree, understory, understory vegetation,

Organizations

  • New York City Department of Environmental Protection NYC DEP: lead

Geographic Coverage

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    Data Table

    • Title: Understory Tree Inventory
    • Start Date: 2009-01-01
    • Description: Inventory of seedlings and saplings using nested 1/100th acre plots. Periodically updated, data was collected in 2009. NYCDEP is adding additional inventory in 2018.

    • Purpose: The purpose of this project is to inventory understory seedlings and saplings in NYCDEP forest stands.

    • Condensed Title:

    • Object Name: VMC.1280.2541

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Falco, G. (2018) Understory Tree Inventory. NYCDEP.

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/Forest_inventory_nyc_dep/dataset/understory-tree-observations

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: seedling_sapling
      • Label: Seedling/Sapling
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Species
      • Label: Species
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • Species List: NYC Watershed Lands Inventory Species List
        • Code: 8
          • Definition: ITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
        • Code: 68
          • Definition: ITIS #181826, balsam fir (Abies concolor)
        • Code: 31
          • Definition: ITIS #181829, balsam fir (Abies fraseri)
        • Code: 59
          • Definition: ITIS #500720, acacia (Faidherbia sp.)
        • Code: 62
          • Definition: ITIS #28727, maples (Acer sp.)
        • Code: 107
          • Definition: ITIS #28749, boxelder (Acer negundo)
        • Code: 14
          • Definition: ITIS #182135, black sugar maple (Acer nigrum)
        • Code: 81
          • Definition: ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
        • Code: 42
          • Definition: ITIS #28755, Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
        • Code: 109
          • Definition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
        • Code: 94
          • Definition: ITIS #28757, silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
        • Code: 1
          • Definition: ITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
        • Code: 41
          • Definition: ITIS #28758, mountain maple (Acer spicatum)
        • Code: 77
          • Definition: ITIS #28827, copal tree (Ailanthus altissima)
        • Code: 26
          • Definition: ITIS #184481, garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
        • Code: 34
          • Definition: ITIS #19466, alnus spp. (Alnus sp.)
        • Code: 85
          • Definition: ITIS #19471, gray alder (Alnus incana)
        • Code: 76
          • Definition: ITIS #25108, serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)
        • Code: 61
          • Definition: ITIS #28632, creeper (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata)
        • Code: 97
          • Definition: ITIS #29378, devils walkingstick (Aralia spinosa)
        • Code: 45
          • Definition: ITIS #18835, Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
        • Code: 25
          • Definition: ITIS #19478, birch (Betula sp.)
        • Code: 116
          • Definition: ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
        • Code: 37
          • Definition: ITIS #19487, sweet birch (Betula lenta)
        • Code: 118
          • Definition: ITIS #19480, river birch (Betula Betula nigra)
        • Code: 95
          • Definition: ITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
        • Code: 43
          • Definition: ITIS #19497, gray birch (Betula populifolia)
        • Code: 60
          • Definition: ITIS #19504, American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
        • Code: 119
          • Definition: ITIS #19223, hickory spp (Carya sp.)
        • Code: 104
          • Definition: ITIS #19242, shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
        • Code: 70
          • Definition: ITIS #19454, American chestnut (Castanea dentata)
        • Code: 82
          • Definition: ITIS #34312, (Catalpa sp.)
        • Code: 5
          • Definition: ITIS #506068, tsuru-ume-mo-doki (Celastrus orbiculatus)
        • Code: 113
          • Definition: ITIS #19039, hackberry (Celtis sp.)
        • Code: 105
          • Definition: ITIS #27798, dogwood (Cornus sp.)
        • Code: 33
          • Definition: ITIS #27813, alternate-leaf dogwood; alternateleaf dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
        • Code: 91
          • Definition: ITIS #27806, flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
        • Code: 71
          • Definition: ITIS #501637, redosier (Cornus sericea)
        • Code: 72
          • Definition: ITIS #19505, hazelnut (Corylus sp.)
        • Code: 106
          • Definition: ITIS #19506, noisetier d'Amérique (Corylus americana)
        • Code: 32
          • Definition: ITIS #24539, hawthorn (Crataegus )
        • Code: 30
          • Definition: ITIS #500233, swallowwort (Cynanchum sp.)
        • Code: 120
          • Definition: ITIS #502576, burning bush ( Euonymus alata)
        • Code: 52
          • Definition: ITIS #502579, eastern wahoo ( Euonymus atropurpurea)
        • Code: 46
          • Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
        • Code: 56
          • Definition: ITIS #32928, ash (Fraxinus sp.)
        • Code: 39
          • Definition: ITIS #26714, honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
        • Code: 3
          • Definition: ITIS #502851, Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
        • Code: 121
          • Definition: ITIS #23864, silverbell (Halesia carolina)
        • Code: 66
          • Definition: ITIS #19033, witch-hazel; witchhazel; American witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
        • Code: 80
          • Definition: ITIS #27982, American holly (Ilex opaca)
        • Code: 126
          • Definition: ITIS #27985, common winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
        • Code: 83
          • Definition: ITIS #19250, butternut (Juglans cinerea)
        • Code: 78
          • Definition: ITIS #19254, black walnut; noyer noir (Juglans nigra)
        • Code: 57
          • Definition: ITIS #194820, dwarf juniper (Juniperus Juniperus communis var. montana)
        • Code: 27
          • Definition: ITIS #18048, eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
        • Code: 86
          • Definition: ITIS #23677, mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
        • Code: 101
          • Definition: ITIS #183410, European larch (Larix decidua)
        • Code: 15
          • Definition: ITIS #183412, tamarack (Larix laricina)
        • Code: 21
          • Definition: ITIS #18147, spicebush; northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
        • Code: 38
          • Definition: ITIS #18086, yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
        • Code: 125
          • Definition: ITIS #35281, honeysuckle (Lonicera sp.)
        • Code: 69
          • Definition: ITIS #18068, magnolias (Talauma )
        • Code: 123
          • Definition: ITIS #25254, apple (Malus sp.)
        • Code: 19
          • Definition: ITIS #503829, Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum)
        • Code: 79
          • Definition: ITIS #27820, tupelo (Nyssa sp.)
        • Code: 11
          • Definition: ITIS #27824, water tupelo (Nyssa aquatica)
        • Code: 12
          • Definition: ITIS #27821, black gum, black tupelo, blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)
        • Code: 13
          • Definition: ITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
        • Code: 100
          • Definition: ITIS #33460, royal paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa)
        • Code: 53
          • Definition: ITIS #504297, Amur corktree (Phellodendron amurense)
        • Code: 23
          • Definition: ITIS #18033, spruce (Picea sp.)
        • Code: 75
          • Definition: ITIS #183289, Norway spruce (Picea abies)
        • Code: 99
          • Definition: ITIS #183307, silver spruce (Picea pungens)
        • Code: 122
          • Definition: ITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)
        • Code: 84
          • Definition: ITIS #18035, pine (Pinus sp.)
        • Code: 117
          • Definition: ITIS #183375, red pine (Pinus resinosa)
        • Code: 50
          • Definition: ITIS #183376, pitch pine (Pinus rigida)
        • Code: 18
          • Definition: ITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
        • Code: 102
          • Definition: ITIS #183389, Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
        • Code: 114
          • Definition: ITIS #19020, sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
        • Code: 63
          • Definition: ITIS #20889, Japanese knotweed ( Polygonum cuspidatum)
        • Code: 87
          • Definition: ITIS #20914, Asiatic tearthumb ( Polygonum perfoliatum)
        • Code: 48
          • Definition: ITIS #22444, cottonwood (Populus sp.)
        • Code: 44
          • Definition: ITIS #22445, Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
        • Code: 36
          • Definition: ITIS #22463, bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)
        • Code: 112
          • Definition: ITIS #195773, quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
        • Code: 22
          • Definition: ITIS #24762, cherry, plum (Prunus sp.)
        • Code: 90
          • Definition: ITIS #24766, Allegheny plum ( Prunus alleghaniensis)
        • Code: 124
          • Definition: ITIS #24770, sweet cherry (Prunus avium)
        • Code: 47
          • Definition: ITIS #24799, pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
        • Code: 54
          • Definition: ITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)
        • Code: 65
          • Definition: ITIS #24806, chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
        • Code: 110
          • Definition: ITIS #183424, red fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
        • Code: 67
          • Definition: ITIS #19276, oak (Quercus sp.)
        • Code: 98
          • Definition: ITIS #19290, white oak (Quercus alba)
        • Code: 17
          • Definition: ITIS #19300, swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)
        • Code: 9
          • Definition: ITIS #19288, scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)
        • Code: 88
          • Definition: ITIS #19358, bear oak (Quercus ilicifolia)
        • Code: 6
          • Definition: ITIS #19278, overcup oak (Quercus lyrata)
        • Code: 89
          • Definition: ITIS #504714, chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii)
        • Code: 29
          • Definition: ITIS #19281, pin oak (Quercus palustris)
        • Code: 51
          • Definition: ITIS #19282, willow oak (Quercus phellos)
        • Code: 73
          • Definition: ITIS #195058, chestnut oak ( Quercus prinus)
        • Code: 96
          • Definition: ITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
        • Code: 20
          • Definition: ITIS #19447, black oak (Quercus velutina)
        • Code: 55
          • Definition: ITIS #28561, buckthorn (Rhamnus sp.)
        • Code: 103
          • Definition: ITIS #504804, black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
        • Code: 115
          • Definition: ITIS #24833, multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
        • Code: 28
          • Definition: ITIS #22476, willow spp (Salix sp.)
        • Code: 2
          • Definition: ITIS #35315, elderberry (Sambucus sp.)
        • Code: 7
          • Definition: ITIS #18158, sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
        • Code: 64
          • Definition: ITIS #43340, common greenbriar (Smilax sp.)
        • Code: 74
          • Definition: ITIS #25318, mountain-ash (Sorbus sp.)
        • Code: 10
          • Definition: ITIS #28646, American bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia)
        • Code: 16
          • Definition: ITIS #505490, arborvitae; eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
        • Code: 40
          • Definition: ITIS #21536, American basswood (Tilia americana)
        • Code: 35
          • Definition: ITIS #28823, poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix)
        • Code: 4
          • Definition: ITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)
        • Code: 24
          • Definition: ITIS #19048, elm (Ulmus sp.)
        • Code: 108
          • Definition: ITIS #35255, mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium)
      Attribute Name: interfering_veg
      • Label: interfering vegetation
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: invasive_veg
      • Label: invasive vegetation
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1

    Methods

    • No methods recorded for this dataset

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset