Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Forest Research at Penobscot Experimental Forest: Overstory Tree and Regeneration Data from the "Management Intensity Demonstration" Study: Penobscot Experimental Forest

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

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      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

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      Email: femc@uvm.edu
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Abstract

    The Penobscot Experimental Forest (PEF) is located in the towns of Bradley and Eddington in east-central Maine, about 10 miles north of the city of Bangor. This approximately 3,900-acre experimental forest was established in 1950 as a site for long-term U.S. Forest Service research. Though there are 22 experimental forests in the Northern Research Station and 80 nationwide, the PEF is the only one in the transitional zone between the eastern broadleaf and boreal forests known as the Acadian Region. The PEF thus serves as an important and unique source of information about the ecology and silviculture of mixed-species northern conifers.

Keywords

  • continuous forest inventory , forest management, forest regeneration, regeneration, silviculture,

Organizations

  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service : lead
  • Penobscot Experimental Forest : lead

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    Data Table

    • Title: Overstory Tree and Regeneration Data from the "Management Intensity Demonstration" Study: Penobscot Experimental Forest
    • Start Date: 1950-01-01
    • Description: This data publication contains overstory and sapling tree measurements, seedling stocking tallies, and permanent sample plot location data collected from 1950 to 2011 at the Penobscot Experimental Forest in Maine. These data were collected under the working plan: RS-NE "Cutting Practice Level Plots: Penobscot Experimental Forest" and later revisions (see Methodology citation section). This study provides data for four different management regimes: selection cutting on 5-year ("high-order") and 15-year ("good") cycles, fixed diameter-limit cutting on a 15-year cycle ("fair"), and unregulated harvest ("poor") which is also called commercial clearcutting.

    • Purpose: To compare the regeneration of a forest after different management regimes which include selection cutting on 5-year and 15-year cycles, fixed diameter-limit cutting and unregulated harvest.

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    • Object Name: VMC.1389.2849

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Kenefic L, Waskiewicz, Justin D, Puhlick, Joshua J, Rogers, Nicole S, Brissette, John C. 2014. Overstory tree and regeneration data from the "Management Intensity Demonstration" study at Penobscot Experimental Forest. USDA Forest Service, Penobscot Experimental Forest. Available at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/products/RDS-2014-0003/_metadata_RDS-2014-0003.html

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/Forest_research_penobscot_Forest/dataset/overstory-tree-regeneration-data-from-management

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: USFSspID
      • Label: USFS Species code ID
      • Description: USFS Species code ID in the Forest Research at Penobscot Experimental Forest dataset
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • Species List: Forest Research at Penobscot Experimental Forest
        • Code: 1
          • Definition: ITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
        • Code: 2
          • Definition: ITIS #18033, spruce (Picea sp.)
        • Code: 4
          • Definition: ITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)
        • Code: 5
          • Definition: ITIS #183295, white spruce (Picea glauca)
        • Code: 6
          • Definition: ITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)
        • Code: 7
          • Definition: ITIS #505490, arborvitae; eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
        • Code: 9
          • Definition: ITIS #183375, red pine (Pinus resinosa)
        • Code: 10
          • Definition: ITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
        • Code: 10
          • Definition: ITIS #183375, red pine (Pinus resinosa)
        • Code: 11
          • Definition: ITIS #183412, tamarack (Larix laricina)
        • Code: 15
          • Definition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
        • Code: 16
          • Definition: ITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
        • Code: 17
          • Definition: ITIS #32945, black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
        • Code: 19
          • Definition: ITIS #195773, quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
        • Code: 19
          • Definition: ITIS #21536, American basswood (Tilia americana)
        • Code: 20
          • Definition: ITIS #19497, gray birch (Betula populifolia)
        • Code: 21
          • Definition: ITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)
        • Code: 22
          • Definition: ITIS #24799, pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
        • Code: 23
          • Definition: ITIS #19048, elm (Ulmus sp.)
        • Code: 24
          • Definition: ITIS #22463, bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)
        • Code: 25
          • Definition: ITIS #, Unknown softwood tree ( )
        • Code: 26
          • Definition: ITIS #22453, balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
        • Code: 31
          • Definition: ITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)
        • Code: 32
          • Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
        • Code: 33
          • Definition: ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
        • Code: 34
          • Definition: ITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
        • Code: 35
          • Definition: ITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
        • Code: 36
          • Definition: ITIS #19276, oak (Quercus sp.)
        • Code: 37
          • Definition: ITIS #25108, serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)
        • Code: 38
          • Definition: ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
        • Code: 40
          • Definition: ITIS #, Unknown hardwood tree ( )
        • Code: 99
          • Definition: ITIS #823, (Radiocystis )

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    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset