Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Forest Research at Harvard Forest: Hemlock Understory Vegetation Plots at Harvard Forest since 2002

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  • 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

    Since 1907, the Harvard Forest has served as a center for research and education in forest biology and conservation. The Forest's Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, established in 1988 and funded by the National Science Foundation, provides a framework for much of this activity.

People

  • Emery Boose: Principal Investigator

Keywords

  • forest regeneration, Harvard Forest, hemlock woolly aldelgid, inventory, pests, regeneration,

Organizations

  • Harvard University Harvard Forest: lead
  • Duke Forest : partner

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    Data Table

    • Title: Hemlock Understory Vegetation Plots at Harvard Forest since 2002
    • Start Date: 2002-01-01
    • Description: The invasion of the non-native insect, hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA, Adelgids tsugae) into hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) stands in New England has the potential to rapidly change the ecology and function of these forests. The investigators of this project are monitoring how forest structure and function changes as the adelgid invades hemlock stands in Harvard Forest. To do this, this study surveyed community vegetation structure and composition prior to adelgid infestation as well as during the progress of the infestation.

    • Purpose: To link the history of hemlock stands in New England forests to the current response to adelgid infestations from multiple studies.

    • Condensed Title:

    • Object Name: VMC.1387.2852

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Foster D, Orwig D. 2016. Hemlock Understory Vegetation Plots at Harvard Forest since 2002. Harvard Forest Data Archive: HF048. Available at: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu:8080/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf048

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/Harvard_Forest_Research/dataset/hemlock-understory-vegetation-plots-harvard-forest

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: species
      • Label: Species field in the Hemlock Understory datasets
      • Description: Species field in the Harvard Forest Hemlock Understory Vegetation Plots datasets (hf048)
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      • Species List: Harvard Forest - hemlock understory vegetation
        • Code: ACRU
          • Definition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
        • Code: BELE
          • Definition: ITIS #19487, sweet birch (Betula lenta)
        • Code: BEAL
          • Definition: ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
        • Code: BEPA
          • Definition: ITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
        • Code: FAGR
          • Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
        • Code: NYSY
          • Definition: ITIS #27821, black gum, black tupelo, blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)
        • Code: PIRU
          • Definition: ITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)
        • Code: PIST
          • Definition: ITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
        • Code: PRSE
          • Definition: ITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)
        • Code: QURU
          • Definition: ITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
        • Code: TSCA
          • Definition: ITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)
        • Code: UNK
          • Definition: ITIS #823, (Radiocystis )
        • Code: ACPE
          • Definition: ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
        • Code: CADE
          • Definition: ITIS #19454, American chestnut (Castanea dentata)

    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