Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Vermont Long-Term Soil Monitoring Program: Baseline Tree Nutrition Data for Long-Term Soil 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

    Long-term monitoring of forest soils is necessary to understand the effects of continued environmental change, including climate change, atmospheric deposition of metals, and recovery from acidic precipitation. A monitoring program was initiated in 2002 at five protected forest sites in Vermont, three in Mt. Mansfield State Forest and two in the Lye Brook Wilderness Area. Every 5 years at each site, ten soil pits are dug and sampled from subplots in a 50 × 50-m plot.

People

  • Joshua Halman: Content Provider

  • Carl Waite: Content Provider

  • Sandra Wilmot: Content Provider

  • Nancy Burt: Content Provider

  • Jamie Shanley: Content Provider

  • Deane Wang: Content Provider

  • Sean Lawson: Content Provider

  • Thomas Villars: Principal Investigator

  • Scott Bailey: Principal Investigator

  • Donald Ross: Principal Investigator

  • James Duncan: Content Provider

  • Jennifer Wright: Content Provider

  • Angelica Quintana: Content Provider

Keywords

  • human disturbance, long term monitoring, soil, soil nutrients, trees,

Organizations

  • United States Geological Survey (USGS) : partner
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service: partner
  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) : partner
  • University of Vermont College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: partner
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests: partner

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates
    • -73.059551667, 43.05681667
    • -72.79543333, 43.05681667
    • -72.79543333, 44.53525
    • -73.059551667, 44.53525
    • -73.059551667, 43.05681667

Data Table

  • Title: Baseline Tree Nutrition Data for Long-Term Soil Monitoring Plots
  • Start Date: 2002-01-01
  • End Date: 2003-12-31
  • Description: Tree nutrition data

  • Purpose: Detect changes in soils due to human caused impacts

  • Condensed Title: Z0161_LongTermSoilStudy_TreeNutritionData

  • Object Name: VMC.161.334

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: Bailey, S., D. Ross, and T. Villars. 2003. Baseline Tree Nutrition Data for Long-Term Soil Monitoring Plots. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-soil-monitoring/dataset/baseline-tree-nutrition-data-long-term-soil-monitoring

  • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/long-term-soil-monitoring/dataset/baseline-tree-nutrition-data-long-term-soil-monitoring

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: ID
    • Label: Record ID
    • Description: Record ID
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ordinal
    Attribute Name: Site
    • Label: Site Code
    • Description: The code for the physical site of the sample
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    • Custom List: Site Code
      • Code: USP
        • Definition: Underhill State Park plot
      • Code: Ranch
        • Definition: Ranch Brook plot
      • Code: LBT
        • Definition: Lye Brook Trail plot
      • Code: LBR
        • Definition: Lye Brook Road plot
      • Code: MM summit
        • Definition: Mount Mansfield Summit plot
    Attribute Name: Tree Number
    • Label: Tree Number
    • Description: The number of the tree on the site
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Species
    • Label: Species Code
    • Description: The code for the species sampled
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    • Custom List: Species Code
      • Code: YB
        • Definition: Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
      • Code: SM
        • Definition: Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
      • Code: BF
        • Definition: Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea)
      • Code: PB
        • Definition: Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera)
    Attribute Name: DBH (inches)
    • Label: Tree Diameter
    • Description: Diameter at breast height of the tree
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: inch
    • Unit: inch
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Height (feet)
    • Label: Tree Height
    • Description: Height of the tree
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: foot
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: foot
    • Number Type: integer
    Attribute Name: Tree location notes
    • Label: Tree Location Notes
    • Description: Notes about the exact location of the tree
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Notes
    • Label: General Notes
    • Description: Notes about the sampling and analysis of the tree information
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Leaf analysis without -7Ca mg/Kg
    • Label: Leaf analysis without -7Ca
    • Description: Leaf analysis without -7Ca
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 0.00000000001
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Leaf analysis without -7P mg/Kg
    • Label: Leaf analysis without -7P
    • Description: Leaf analysis without -7P
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    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 0.000000000001
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Leaf analysis without -7K mg/Kg
    • Label: Leaf analysis without -7K
    • Description: Leaf analysis without -7K
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 0.00000000001
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Leaf analysis without -7Mg mg/Kg
    • Label: Leaf analysis without -7Mg
    • Description: Leaf analysis without -7Mg
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 0.000000000001
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Leaf analysis without -7Na mg/Kg
    • Label: Leaf analysis without -7Na
    • Description: Leaf analysis without -7Na
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: integer
    Attribute Name: Leaf analysis without -7Al mg/Kg
    • Label: Leaf analysis without -7Al
    • Description: Leaf analysis without -7Al
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 0.0000000000001
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Leaf analysis without -7Fe mg/Kg
    • Label: Leaf analysis without -7Fe
    • Description: Leaf analysis without -7Fe
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 0.0000000000001
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Leaf analysis without -7Mn mg/Kg
    • Label: Leaf analysis without -7Mn
    • Description: Leaf analysis without -7Mn
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 0.000000000001
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Leaf analysis without -7B mg/Kg
    • Label: Leaf analysis without -7B
    • Description: Leaf analysis without -7B
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: integer
    Attribute Name: Leaf analysis without -7Cu mg/Kg
    • Label: Leaf analysis without -7Cu
    • Description: Leaf analysis without -7Cu
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 0.00000000000001
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Leaf analysis without -7Zn mg/Kg
    • Label: Leaf analysis without -7Zn
    • Description: Leaf analysis without -7Zn
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 0.0000000000001
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: real
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    • Label: Leaf analysis without -7S
    • Description: Leaf analysis without -7S
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 0.000000000001
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Leaf analysis without -7N %
    • Label: Leaf analysis without -7N
    • Description: Leaf analysis without -7N
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: percent
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: percent
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Wood analysis without -7Ca mg/Kg
    • Label: Wood analysis without -7Ca
    • Description: Wood analysis without -7Ca
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 0.000000000001
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: real
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    • Label: Wood analysis without -7P
    • Description: Wood analysis without -7P
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    • Measurment Type: ratio
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    • Number Type: real
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    • Label: Wood analysis without -7K
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    • Label: Wood analysis without -7Mg
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    • Label: Wood analysis without -7Na
    • Description: Wood analysis without -7Na
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    • Measurment Type: ratio
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    • Label: Wood analysis without -7Al
    • Description: Wood analysis without -7Al
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    • Measurment Type: ratio
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    • Label: Wood analysis without -7Fe
    • Description: Wood analysis without -7Fe
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    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
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    • Label: Wood analysis without -7Mn
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    • Measurment Type: ratio
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    • Label: Wood analysis without -7B
    • Description: Wood analysis without -7B
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    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 0.00000000000001
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Wood analysis without -7Cu mg/Kg
    • Label: Wood analysis without -7Cu
    • Description: Wood analysis without -7Cu
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 1e-18
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Wood analysis without -7Zn mg/Kg
    • Label: Wood analysis without -7Zn
    • Description: Wood analysis without -7Zn
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 0.00000000000001
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: real
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    • Label: Wood analysis without -7S
    • Description: Wood analysis without -7S
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMilligramsPerKilogram
    • Precision: 0.00000000000001
    • Unit: MilligramsPerKilogram
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Wood analysis without -7N %
    • Label: Wood analysis without -7N
    • Description: Wood analysis without -7N
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: percent
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: percent
    • Number Type: real

Methods

  • No methods recorded for this dataset

Sampling Equipment

  • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

Site Characteristics

  • Site Description: 3 Mount Mansfield locations: west slope off Polka Dot Trail in transition forest at 2300 ft., east of forehead near the summit off the Forehead Bypass Trail, and near the intersection of the Dewey and Underhill Trails in Ranch Valley .



  • Site Description: 2 Lye Brook locations: near the Branch Pond Road, and off the Branch Pond Trail.