Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Black Rock Forest: Acorn mast data (1995-2023), Black Rock Forest, Cornwall, NY

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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

    Black Rock Forest is a not-for-profit organization with a mission of advancing scientific understanding of the natural world through research, education, and conservation programs. The organization maintains a 3,920-acre forest and a scientific field station in the Hudson Highlands, 60 miles north of New York City. It has been managed as a research forest and biological field station since the 1920s.

People

  • Isabel Ashton: Content Provider

  • Katie Terlizzi: Content Provider

Keywords

  • acorns, mast, oak,

Organizations

  • Environmental Monitoring and Management Alliance : partner

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    Data Table

    • Title: Acorn mast data (1995-2023), Black Rock Forest, Cornwall, NY
    • Start Date: 1995-01-02
    • End Date: 2024-07-29
    • Description: Acorn abundance has been tracked annually since 1995 at Black Rock Forest (BRF), Cornwall, NY between September and October to coincide with peak acorn drop. From 1995 to 2010 all acorns were counted within a circular plot thrown 10 times at 15 to 20 locations throughout BRF. Beginning in 2004 individual oak trees were visited and DBH and number of acorns under the drip line of the tree were counted at the same 15 to 20 locations within BRF.

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    • Object Name: VMC.1792.3993

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Brady, J. and M. Munson. 2024. Acorn mast data (1995-2023), Black Rock Forest, Cornwall, NY ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/a908ad987b226e60392a8af7f0971921 (Accessed 2024-07-29).

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/black-rock-forest-1985-forest-inventory/dataset/acorn-mast-data-1995-2023-black

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