Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Massachusetts Forest Health Monitoring: Seedling Measurements on Subplots

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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. In collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the FEMC expanded the Forest Health Monitoring program that has been running in Vermont for over 15 years to Massachusetts. In 2019 twenty forested plots were selected from the network of plots that MA DCR has maintained to monitor wood quality and yield on state lands since the 1960s. The goal is to establish a total of twenty-five plots by 2020. Plots were selected to be representative of MA forest composition and distributed across the state. The field crews measured tree demography, including saplings and seedlings, recorded browse, invasive species, and damages, and assessed crown health, among other metrics. Plots will be assessed on an annual basis to provide an early warning sign of forest stress and changes in demography. We thank Bill VanDoren and Nicole Keleher at MA DCR for help with this effort.

People

  • Alexandra Kosiba: Principal Investigator

  • James Duncan: Principal Investigator

  • John Truong: Principal Investigator

  • Matthias Nevins: Content Provider

  • Matthias Sirch: Content Provider

  • Brenna Christensen: Content Provider

  • Eva Paradiso: Content Provider

  • Julia Pupko: Content Provider

  • Bill VanDoren: Content Provider

  • Nicole Keleher: Content Provider

Keywords

  • forest regeneration, microplot, seedling,

Organizations

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) : lead
  • Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation : partner

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates

    Data Table

    • Title: Seedling Measurements on Subplots
    • Start Date: 2019-08-13
    • End Date: 2021-12-31
    • Description: Counts of seedlings on microplot by species

    • Purpose: Inventory and track regeneration processes on forest health monitoring plots

    • Condensed Title: Z1624_3216_C7329G

    • Object Name: VMC.1624.3216

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative and Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (2020) Seedling Measurements on Subplots. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/massfhm/dataset/seedling-measurements-subplots-1

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/massfhm/dataset/seedling-measurements-subplots-1

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Count
      • Label: Count
      • Description: Frequency of specific species occurence
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: CountClass1
      • Label: CountClass1
      • Description: A seedling is counted as a class one if it is a conifer that is less than 6 inches in height or a conifer than is less than 12 inches in height.
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: CountClass2
      • Label: CountClass2
      • Description: A seedling is counted as a class two if it is a conifer that is equal or greater than 6 inches in height or it is a hardwood that is greater than or equal to 12 inches in height.
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: PlotID
      • Label: PlotID
      • Description: Plot ID
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Species
      • Label: Species
      • Description: Seedling species
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: SubplotID
      • Label: SubplotID
      • Description: Subplot ID
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: Year
      • Label: Year
      • Description: Year
      • Storage Type: date
      • Measurment Type: datetime
      • Precision: 1

    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