Details and Metadata

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Methods

The methods followed in the creation of the dataset, including description of field, laboratory and processing steps, and quality control procedures

No methods recorded for this dataset

Dataset Fields

Detailed documentation of the fields comprising the dataset, including the type of measurement, units where applicable, and any controlled vocabularies or code lists present in the data


Field Name Caption Description Additional Information
%_DIE_%_DIE_

Percent crown dieback recorded in 5% increments

Measurement type: Nominal
%_TRNS_%_TRNS_

Measurement type:
ASPECT_(AZ)ASPECT_(AZ)

Take in degrees azimuth from point center looking

Measurement type: Nominal
BTLS_BTLS_

Measurement type:
Bz__B__BORERBz__B__BORER

Measurement type:
CNKR/LES_CNKR/LES_

Measurement type:
CONKSCONKS

Measurement type:
CRN__BRK_CRN__BRK_

Measurement type:
CRN__CLS_CRN__CLS_

Measurement type: Nominal
Crown_Class
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Appears in data asMeaning of code
1open grown
2dominant
3codominant
4intermediate
5overtopped(suppressed)
CRN__DENS_CRN__DENS_

Measurement type:
CRN__VIG_CRN__VIG_

NAMP ratings

Measurement type: Nominal
Crown_Vigor
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Appears in data asMeaning of code
1healthy; <10% dieback
2light decline; 10-25% dieback
3moderate decline, 26-50%
4severe decline; >50% dieback
5standing dead
6dead tree on ground or removed
DAM__FOL_DAM__FOL_

Measurement type:
DATEDATE

Measurement type: Nominal
DBHDBH

Measurement type:
DISC__FOL_DISC__FOL_

Measurement type: Nominal
DRAINAGEDRAINAGE

Measurement type: Nominal
ELEVATIONELEVATION

Measurement type:
LOCATIONLOCATION

Measurement type: Nominal
OBLIQ_OBLIQ_

Measurement type:
OUTCROPS_(Y/N)OUTCROPS_(Y/N)

Measurement type: Nominal
POINT_#POINT_#

Measurement type:
REMARKSREMARKS

Measurement type: Nominal
SAP-SCKRSAP-SCKR

Measurement type:
SEAMSSEAMS

Measurement type:
SLOPE_(%)SLOPE_(%)

Take percent slope across point center by standing 50 feet uphill from center and sighting on second person 50 feet downhill.

Measurement type: Nominal
SPP_Tree Species

Measurement type: Nominal
Species
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Appears in data asMeaning of code
2
12balsam fir
97red spruce
129eastern white pine
135
260hemlock
261eastern hemlock
313boxelder
315striped maple
316red maple
318
319mountain maple
325
345
361
371yelow birch
372sweet birch
375paper birch
391American hornbeam; musclewood
531American beech
541white ash
601butternut
633
675
701eastern hophornbeam; ironwood
746quaking aspen
761pin cherry
833northern red oak
855
935American mountain-ash
3187
3716
3757
3758
STEM_BRK_STEM_BRK_

Measurement type:
STEM_WDS_STEM_WDS_

Measurement type:
TREE_#TREE_#

Number trees consecutively, beginning with the first tree to the right of north.

Measurement type: Nominal
VT_ATLAS_GRID_EVT_ATLAS_GRID_E

Measurement type:
VT_ATLAS_GRID_NVT_ATLAS_GRID_N

Measurement type: Nominal
YEARS_DEFOLIATEDYEARS_DEFOLIATED

Measurement type: Nominal

Sampling Equipment

Equipment and software used to collect data, including how that equipment was used.

No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

Site Characteristics

The spatial extent of the dataset site coverage, and descriptions of the spatial extent and context for the data collection

No site characteristics recorded for this dataset