Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Vermont Forest Health Monitoring: Fern Diversity at Forest Health Monitoring Plots

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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 Forest Health Monitoring Program was established in 1991 as a joint effort between the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) and the Vermont Monitoring Cooperative (VMC) (as of March 2017 renamed to Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC)) to monitor the condition of a range of tree species in Vermont. Plot design follows the structure set by the National Forest Health Monitoring Program with additional metrics added to reflect improvements in monitoring technologies and additions to monitoring objectives.

People

  • Michael Johnson: Content Provider

  • Tom Simmons: Content Provider

  • Sandra Wilmot: Principal Investigator

  • Florence Peterson: Content Provider

  • Jay Lackey: Content Provider

  • Ron Wells: Content Provider

  • Brad Greenough: Content Provider

  • Lars Lund: Content Provider

  • Bernie Barton: Content Provider

  • Jennifer Pontius: Principal Investigator

  • Alexandra Kosiba: Principal Investigator

  • James Duncan: Principal Investigator

  • David Gudex-Cross: Content Provider

  • Helena Murray: Content Provider

  • Katlyn Williard: Content Provider

  • Christine Sandbach: Content Provider

  • John Truong: Principal Investigator

  • Kirsti Carr: Content Provider

  • Diana Gurvich: Content Provider

  • Becca Rossell: Content Provider

  • Caroline Drayton: Content Provider

  • Elizabeth Romaker: Content Provider

  • Kelsey Hamm: Content Provider

  • Mike Perrin: Content Provider

  • Sawyer Updike: Content Provider

  • Stephen Rotella: Content Provider

  • Danielle Ward: Content Provider

  • Josephine Robertson : Content Provider

  • Gene Desideraggio: Content Provider

Keywords

  • ferns, inventory, plant communities, plants,

Organizations

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) : lead
  • Vermont Forest Parks and Recreation : partner

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates
    • -73.08333, 43.0544
    • -72.77976988, 43.0544
    • -72.77976988, 44.534658
    • -73.08333, 44.534658
    • -73.08333, 43.0544

Data Table

  • Title: Fern Diversity at Forest Health Monitoring Plots
  • Start Date: 2018-06-11
  • End Date: 2018-08-22
  • Description: An inventory on fern diversity at Forest Health Monitoring Plots and a measurement of their abundance.

  • Purpose: Inventory fern diversity on FEMC's forest health monitoring plots.

  • Condensed Title: Z0017_2547_88B1MN

  • Object Name: VMC.17.2547

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: Jo Robertson (2018) Fern Diversity at Forest Health Monitoring Plots. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/forest-health-monitoring/dataset/fern-diversity-forest-health-monitoring-plots

  • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/forest-health-monitoring/dataset/fern-diversity-forest-health-monitoring-plots

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: Abundance_(1-5)
    • Label: Abundance_(1-5)
    • Description: Measurement of abundance of present ferns on plots. 1= 0-5%, 2= 5-15%, 3= 15-30%, 4= 30-50%, 5= >50%.
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Plot
    • Label: Plot
    • Description: The Forest Health Monitoring Plot where sample was taken.
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Species
    • Label: Species
    • Description: Species of fern present.
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Subplot
    • Label: Subplot
    • Description: The subplot where study was completed.
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: nominal

Methods

  • Current Methods
    • Abundance Ranking of Ferns
      • Method Description: Fern diversity was assessed at the subplot level at each FHM plot. Every species found within the boundaries of a subplot was identified and then each species was given a ranking based on its abundance. Abundance was quantified using a scale that ranged from 1-5, with 1 representing the presence of one or two individuals and 5 representing that total ground cover consisted almost entirely of the species in question.


Sampling Equipment

  • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

Site Characteristics

  • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset