Continuous Forest Inventory on the state forests in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont: Plot Visit Info
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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: Plot Visit Info
- Start Date: 2015-06-01
- Description: General plot visit information
- Purpose: Documentation of plot visit
- Condensed Title: Z0344_Plot_Visit_Info
- Object Name: VMC.344.2022
- Data Type: mySQL
- Citation: Emily Meacham. 2017. Plot Visit Info. VT Forests, Parks and Recreation. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/continuous-forest-inventory/dataset/vtcfi-plot-visit-info
- Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/continuous-forest-inventory/dataset/vtcfi-plot-visit-info
► Attribute List
- Attribute Name: Crew
- Label: Crew
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: Location
- Label: Location
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: Notes
- Label: Notes
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: Weather
- Label: Weather
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: Plot
- Label: Plot
- Description: Unique plot identifier
- Storage Type: int
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Standard Unit: -1
- String Format: DD/MM/YYYY
- Number Type: -1
- Attribute Name: Year
- Label: Year
- Description: Year of plot visit
- Storage Type: datetime
- Measurment Type: datetime
- Standard Unit: -1
- String Format: YYYY
- Number Type: -1
- Attribute Name: VisitDate
- Label: Visit Date
- Description: Date of plot visit
- Storage Type: -1
- Measurment Type: -1
- Standard Unit: -1
- String Format: DD/MM/YYYY
- Number Type: -1
► Methods
- Current Methods
- Plot location
- Method Description: Plots are randomly distributed within the study area and stratified by natural community type at a density of approximately 1 per 200ac
- Plot design
- Method Description: These are all nested plots. Plot center is marked with PVC pipe painted fluorescent orange. At the plot there are three main plots nested around the center stake. The overstory plot is 52.7’ in radius, the large sapling plot is 26.3’ in radius and the small sapling is 16.6’ in radius. To organize the data each plot is divided into 10, 36 degree sectors. At each plot the sectors are flagged out with a blue flag at 16.6’, an orange flag at 26.3’ and a pink flag at 52.7’. At each cardinal direction there are seedling plots located 26.3’ from plot center. At each of the seedling plots an orange painted PVC pipe is at plot center. From plot center a 100’ transect is established at a random azimuth and a PVC pipe is located at the end of the transect. Along this transect course woody material is measured from 0’-100’ and fine woody material is measured from 80’-100’.
- reestablishments
- Method Description: Each plot will be remeasured on a 7-year rotation following the original measurement protocols.
► Sampling Equipment
- No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset
► Site Characteristics
- No site characteristics recorded for this dataset