Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Shaw Mountain Ice Storm Study 1998-2002: Seedling Density with Fewer Height Classes

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  • 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

    This study tracks forest response to an ice storm. The forest inventory plots, established in 1998 are located at the Nature Conservancy's Shaw Mountain Natural Area in Benson, VT. Used to study the impacts of this disturbance on forest structure and composition. Response variables include abiotic conditions, soil, downed woody material, canopy cover and light penetration, canopy composition, tree recruitment, tree vitality analysis, seedling density by species and height, tree diameter analysis, basal area of trees, and herbaceous layer after an ice storm. Four 20x20m plots were located at 190-215 m elevation, two in heavily ice-damaged forest and two in lightly damaged forest (controls).

People

  • James Graves: Principal Investigator

Keywords

  • forest, ice storm, seedling,

Organizations

  • Vermont Nature Conservancy : partner

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    Data Table

    • Title: Seedling Density with Fewer Height Classes
    • Start Date: 1998-07-14
    • End Date: 2002-07-15
    • Description: Seedling density with fewer height classes ((0)=less than 0.5 meters, (5)=0 to 1.3 meters) for the Shaw Mountain Ice Storm Study, 1998-2002.

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: Z1341_2723_5XU9WL

    • Object Name: VMC.1341.2723

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: James Graves (2002) Seedling Density with Fewer Height Classes. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/shaw_mountain_ice_storm_study/dataset/seedling_density

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/shaw_mountain_ice_storm_study/dataset/seedling_density

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: 4-plot_Mean
      • Label: 4-plot Mean
      • Description: Rubus species are excluded
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      • Number Type: whole
      Attribute Name: Control_Mean
      • Label: Control Mean
      • Description: Rubus species are excluded
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      • Number Type: whole
      Attribute Name: Height_Class
      • Label: Height Class
      • Description: (0)=less than 0.5 meters, (5)=0 to 1.3 meters
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Iced_Mean
      • Label: Iced Mean
      • Description: Rubus species are excluded
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      • Number Type: whole
      Attribute Name: Plot_1
      • Label: Plot 1
      • Description: Plot 1, ice (heavy ice damage) seedling density (#/ha)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: Plot_2
      • Label: Plot 2
      • Description: Plot 2, ice (heavy ice damage) seedling density (#/ha)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: Plot_3
      • Label: Plot 3
      • Description: Plot 3, control (light ice damage) seedling density (#/ha)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: Plot_4
      • Label: Plot 4
      • Description: Plot 4, control (light ice damage) seedling density (#/ha)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: Species
      • Label: Species
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Species_Code
      • Label: Species_Code
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • Species List: Shaw Mtn Ice Storm Study Seedling Density Species List
        • Code: ACSA
          • Definition: ITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
        • Code: BESP
          • Definition: ITIS #19478, birch (Betula sp.)
        • Code: CACO
          • Definition: ITIS #19227, bitternut hickory; pignut (Carya cordiformis)
        • Code: CAOV
          • Definition: ITIS #19242, shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
        • Code: FAGR
          • Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
        • Code: FRAM
          • Definition: ITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)
        • Code: JUVI
          • Definition: ITIS #18048, eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
        • Code: LOMO
          • Definition: ITIS #35299, Morrow's honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)
        • Code: LOsp
          • Definition: ITIS #35281, honeysuckle (Lonicera sp.)
        • Code: OSVI
          • Definition: ITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
        • Code: PAQU
          • Definition: ITIS #28602, American ivy (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
        • Code: PIST
          • Definition: ITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
        • Code: POGR
          • Definition: ITIS #22463, bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)
        • Code: PRSP
          • Definition: ITIS #24762, cherry, plum (Prunus sp.)
        • Code: QURU
          • Definition: ITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
        • Code: RHCA
          • Definition: ITIS #28573, Carolina buckthorn; European buckthorn; European waythorn; Hart's thorn; nerprun cathartique; common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
        • Code: TIAM
          • Definition: ITIS #21536, American basswood (Tilia americana)
        • Code: VISP
          • Definition: ITIS #28606, grape (Vitis sp.)
        • Code: ALLSP
          • Definition: #, ( )
      Attribute Name: Year
      • Label: Year
      • Storage Type: int

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    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset