Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Vermont Long-Term Soil Monitoring Program: Tree Health Measurements

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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

  • diameter at breast height, forest health, forests, permanent plots, tree health,

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: Tree Health Measurements
  • Start Date: 2002-01-01
  • Description: Assessment of the species and size classes of tree species present on each of the 5 plots. Trees with DBHs greater than 2 inches were measured if they fell within the boundaries of the 50m^2 plot.

  • Purpose:

  • Condensed Title: Z0161_2462_77ZPUY

  • Object Name: VMC.161.2462

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative, University of Vermont, USDA Forest Service, Green Mountain National Forest and Northern Research Station, and US Geological Survey.(2018) Tree Health Measurements. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-soil-monitoring/dataset/tree-health-measurements

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

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: dbh
    • Label: DBH
    • Description: Diameter at Breast Height. All trees were sampled on every site. The minimum DBH was 2 inches.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: inch
    Attribute Name: enuPurpose
    • Label: Purpose
    • Description: Sampling purpose
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: fkSiteID
    • Label: Site ID
    • Description: Site ID
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: fldSpecies
    • Label: Species
    • Description: Common name of tree species measured.
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    • Species List: Long term soil monitoring Plot Regen Data Tree Health Measurements
      • Code: Balsam fir
        • Definition: ITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
      • Code: Mountain ash
        • Definition: ITIS #25319, American mountain-ash (Sorbus americana)
      • Code: Mountain paper birch
        • Definition: ITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
      • Code: American beech
        • Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
      • Code: Striped maple
        • Definition: ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
      • Code: Sugar maple
        • Definition: ITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
      • Code: Red maple
        • Definition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
      • Code: Red spruce
        • Definition: ITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)
      • Code: Yellow birch
        • Definition: ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
      • Code: Unknown
        • Definition: ITIS #823, (Radiocystis )
      • Code: Ash
        • Definition: ITIS #32928, ash (Fraxinus sp.)
      • Code: Mountain maple
        • Definition: ITIS #28758, mountain maple (Acer spicatum)
      • Code: White ash
        • Definition: ITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)
    Attribute Name: fldYear
    • Label: Year
    • Description: Year
    • Storage Type: date
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: YYYY
    Attribute Name: notes
    • Label: notes
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: pkTreeID
    • Label: Tree ID
    • Description: numerical ID given to each tree.
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: status
    • Label: Status
    • Description: Status 1 = live tree, Status 2 = dead tree
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: nominal

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