Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Natural Community Mapping on Mount Mansfield: Forest Examination Inventory (FOREX): FOREX Trees

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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

    Identify and map natural communities on Mt. Mansfield State Forest as a tool for developing a management plan for the Forest.

People

  • Sandra Wilmot: Principal Investigator

  • Bill Moulton: Content Provider

  • Eric Sorenson: Content Provider

  • Bob Popp: Content Provider

Keywords

  • forest ecology, resource management, trees,

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates

    Data Table

    • Title: FOREX Trees
    • Start Date: 1991-01-01
    • End Date: 2000-09-01
    • Description: Forest inventory data for trees

    • Purpose: Forest inventory

    • Condensed Title: Z0104_ForexTree

    • Object Name: VMC.104.159

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Sandra Wilmot. 2000. FOREX Trees. VT Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/natural-community-mapping-mount-mansfield-forest/dataset/forex-trees

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/natural-community-mapping-mount-mansfield-forest/dataset/forex-trees

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Canopyposition
      • Label: Canopyposition
      • Description: Canopyposition
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: DBH
      • Label: DBH
      • Description: DBH
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      Attribute Name: Health
      • Label: Health
      • Description: Health
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: ID
      • Label: ID
      • Description: ID
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Point_
      • Label: Point_
      • Description: Point_
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Pulpwoodlength
      • Label: Pulpwoodlength
      • Description: Pulpwoodlength
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      Attribute Name: Qualitycode
      • Label: Qualitycode
      • Description: Qualitycode
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Sawloglength
      • Label: Sawloglength
      • Description: Sawloglength
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      Attribute Name: Species
      • Label: Species
      • Description: Species
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Tree
      • Label: Tree
      • Description: Tree
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: TreeID
      • Label: TreeID
      • Description: TreeID
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Wildlifecode
      • Label: Wildlifecode
      • Description: Wildlifecode
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal

    Methods

    • Current Methods
      • Forest Examination Protocol
        • Method Description: This ecological assessment was conducted using a revised version of the Forest Examination protocol. It incorporates the coarse filter/fine filter assessment methodology for protection of biodiversity.This approach first identifies examples of all natural community types at their natural scale of occurence. This 'coarse filter' approach is implemented with the 'fine filter' approach which addresses specific populations of rare species, critical habitats, or other sites that are left unprotected


    • Past Methods (no longer in use)
      • FOREX system
        • Started: 1999-01-01
          Ended: 2000-09-01
        • Method Description: The revised State Land FOREX system was used for data collection (L. Thornton, 2000), which includes vegetation, soils, landscape, and other variables to assess natural communtity types. Additional data were collected on stand structure, tree volumes, health, wildlife habitat, and understory vegetation.

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • Site Description: Mount Mansfield State Forest