Continuous Forest Inventory on the state forests in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont: Code Lists
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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
The Vermont State Continuous Forest Inventory is a data collection program with a comprehensive measure of tree health, growth, and decay within Vermont state lands. It serves as a baseline data set for a variety of tree growth, landscape models, and climate predictive models. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to use this data.
► People
- Emily Meacham: Principal Investigator
► Organizations
- Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation: partner
► Geographic Coverage
- Coordinates
► Data Table
- Title: Code Lists
- Start Date: 2015-06-01
- Description: List of codes and their descriptions
- Purpose: Key to species abbreviations,status,canopy strata,decay class, and type.
- Condensed Title: Z0344_TblEnumerations
- Object Name: VMC.344.2025
- Data Type: mySQL
- Citation: Emily Meacham. 2017. Code Lists. VT Forests, Parks and Recreation. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/continuous-forest-inventory/dataset/vtcfi-code-lists
- Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/continuous-forest-inventory/dataset/vtcfi-code-lists
► Attribute List
- Attribute Name: ListName
- Label: List Name
- Description: Type of code, eg. species or decay class
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: Code
- Label: Code
- Description: The code as it appears in the data
- Storage Type: int
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: Species
- Label: Species
- Description: Tree Species
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Species List: Vermont Continuous Forest Inventory Species Codes
- Code: AB
- Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- Code: AE
- Definition: ITIS #19049, American elm (Ulmus americana)
- Code: BA
- Definition: ITIS #32945, black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
- Code: BC
- Definition: ITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Code: BE
- Definition: ITIS #28749, boxelder (Acer negundo)
- Code: BF
- Definition: ITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
- Code: BP
- Definition: ITIS #22453, balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
- Code: BS
- Definition: ITIS #183302, black spruce; bog spruce (Picea mariana)
- Code: BT
- Definition: ITIS #22463, bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)
- Code: BW
- Definition: ITIS #21536, American basswood (Tilia americana)
- Code: EH
- Definition: ITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)
- Code: GA
- Definition: ITIS #32929, green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- Code: GB
- Definition: ITIS #19497, gray birch (Betula populifolia)
- Code: HH
- Definition: ITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
- Code: MM
- Definition: ITIS #28758, mountain maple (Acer spicatum)
- Code: PB
- Definition: ITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- Code: PR
- Definition: ITIS #24799, pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
- Code: PY
- Definition: ITIS #22445, Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
- Code: QA
- Definition: ITIS #195773, quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- Code: RM
- Definition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
- Code: RO
- Definition: ITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
- Code: RP
- Definition: ITIS #183375, red pine (Pinus resinosa)
- Code: RS
- Definition: ITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)
- Code: SE
- Definition: ITIS #25108, serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)
- Code: SM
- Definition: ITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
- Code: ST
- Definition: ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
- Code: SV
- Definition: ITIS #28757, silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
- Code: TA
- Definition: ITIS #183412, tamarack (Larix laricina)
- Code: WA
- Definition: ITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)
- Code: WC
- Definition: ITIS #505490, arborvitae; eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
- Code: WP
- Definition: ITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
- Code: WS
- Definition: ITIS #183295, white spruce (Picea glauca)
- Code: YB
- Definition: ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
- Attribute Name: Description
- Label: Description
- Description: What the code describes
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Standard Unit: -1
- String Format: DD/MM/YYYY
- 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