Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Teatown Lake Reservation Forest Plot Monitoring: Teatown Forest Inventory, Forest Plot Data, Shrub Locations

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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

    Upland deciduous forest is the most common habitat type at Teatown. The most common species that dominate Teatown’s forests to create various natural communities are oak, hickory, maple, beech, birch, and tulip poplar. The forests of northern Westchester County and throughout much of the northeast are threatened by numerous factors including overabundant deer, invasive species, climate change and development. While these issues are often connected such that one may occur or worsen because of the presence of another, overabundant deer are considered the greatest current threat to the forest ecosystem. White-tailed deer overabundance has been extensively studied at Teatown since 2009. A healthy forest, defined as one with a dense understory of native trees and shrubs, is necessary for the forest to continue thriving into the future and to support all organisms within it. Anecdotal observations of loss of the understory started in the 1980s. To address the forest health issues, Teatown initiated a deer management program in 2014 and has an invasive management plan. To understand the success of our management programs and to determine if other management activities are needed, forest monitoring of forest plots was initiated in 2015 and is ongoing.

People

  • Vicky Kelly: Content Provider

  • Danielle Begley-Miller: Principal Investigator

Organizations

  • Teatown Lake Reservation : lead

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates

    Data Table

    • Title: Teatown Forest Inventory, Forest Plot Data, Shrub Locations
    • Start Date: 2015-09-01
    • Description: Locations of shrubs

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: Z1767_3906_Z0ODGU

    • Object Name: VMC.1767.3906

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Begley-Miller, D, Kelly, V (2023) Teatown Forest Inventory, Forest Plot Data, Shrub Locations. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/teatown-lake-reservation-forest-plot-monitoring/dataset/teatown-forest-inventory-forest-plot-data-7

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/teatown-lake-reservation-forest-plot-monitoring/dataset/teatown-forest-inventory-forest-plot-data-7

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Year
      • Label: Year
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Plot
      • Label: Plot Number
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Shrub_Tag
      • Label: Shrub Tag Number
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Distance_m
      • Label: Distance from center of plot
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Unit: meters
      Attribute Name: Azimuth
      • Label: Orientation from center of plot
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Unit: degrees
      • Number Type: -1

    Methods

    • Current Methods
      • Shrub Locations
        • Method Description: See protocol document


    Sampling Equipment

    • Current Equipment
      • Teatown Forest Inventory, Forest Plot Data
        • Sampling Description: See protocol document

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset