Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Vermont Forest Health Monitoring: General Plot Characteristics

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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

  • forest health monitoring, overstory, plot information, understory,

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: General Plot Characteristics
  • Start Date: 2018-06-11
  • End Date: 2018-08-21
  • Description: A general description of the Forest Health Monitoring Plots including dominant understory and overstory species, slope, aspect, approximate age of forest stand, % canopy coverage, tree size class diversity, and downed woody debris size diversity.

  • Purpose:

  • Condensed Title: Z0017_2546_U731WJ

  • Object Name: VMC.17.2546

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: Danielle Ward (2018) General Plot Characteristics . FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/forest-health-monitoring/dataset/general-plot-characteristics

  • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/forest-health-monitoring/dataset/general-plot-characteristics

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: Approx__Age_(years)
    • Label: Approx__Age_(years)
    • Description: Approximate age of the forest stand.
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Aspect_
    • Label: Aspect_
    • Description: Aspect of plot
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: degree
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 360
    Attribute Name: Canopy_Coverage_(%)
    • Label: Canopy_Coverage_(%)
    • Description: % of canopy coverage.
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: percent
    • Number Type: rational
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 100
    Attribute Name: Description
    • Label: Description
    • Description: Important descriptive features of plot.
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Dominant_Overstory
    • Label: Dominant_Overstory
    • Description: Dominant overstory species.
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Dominant_Understory
    • Label: Dominant_Understory
    • Description: Dominant understory species.
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Downed_Woody_Debris_Size_Diversity
    • Label: Downed_Woody_Debris_Size_Diversity
    • Description: Diversity of downed woody debris size.
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Slope_(degree)
    • Label: Slope_(degree)
    • Description: Slope of plot.
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: percent
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 100
    Attribute Name: Plot
    • Label: Plot
    • Description: The Forest Health Monitoring Plot where sample was taken.
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Subplot_
    • Label: Subplot_
    • Description: The subplot where study was completed.
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Tree_Size_Class_Diversity
    • Label: Tree_Size_Class_Diversity
    • Description: The diversity of tree size class at study site.
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal

Methods

  • Current Methods
    • Plot Characteristics Study
      • Method Description: The purpose of this project is to further describe the FEMC’s subplots and the area up to ten feet outside of each subplot. This information can be used to determine how representative the plots are of the general area they are located in. Natural community types are based on the criteria provided by Vermont Natural Community Ecologist, Eric Sorenson, in his guide, Wetland, Woodland, Wildland: A Guide to the Natural Communities of Vermont and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s Natural Community Survey Form. The data collected includes the plot and subplot name, general qualitative description of the site, slope (degrees), aspect (degrees), total canopy cover (percentage), dominant overstory and understory species, estimated age of forest, woody debris size class, tree size class.


Sampling Equipment

  • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

Site Characteristics

  • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset