public read Hemlock History Plots at Harvard Forest since 1995Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
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(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcHarvard University Harvard ForestleadDuke Forest partnerHemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) has the potential to change hemlock (Tusga canadensis) forests in New England, and at Harvard Forest in particular. For this project, the investigators surveyed four hemlock-dominated plots in Harvard Forest for community vegetation structure and composition. Forest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeForest Research at Harvard ForestEmeryBooseprincipalInvestigatorSince 1907, the Harvard Forest has served as a center for research and education in forest biology and conservation. The Forest's Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, established in 1988 and funded by the National Science Foundation, provides a framework for much of this activity.Hemlock History Plots at Harvard Forest since 1995Hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) has the potential to change hemlock (Tusga canadensis) forests in New England, and at Harvard Forest in particular. For this project, the investigators surveyed four hemlock-dominated plots in Harvard Forest for community vegetation structure and composition. VMC.1387.2873mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/Harvard_Forest_Research/dataset/hemlock-history-plots-harvard-forest-since1995-01-01SpeciesSpeciesTree speciestextACRUITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)BELEITIS #19487, sweet birch (Betula lenta)BEALITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)BEPAITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)FAGRITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)NYSYITIS #27821, black gum, black tupelo, blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)PIRUITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)PISTITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)PRSEITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)QURUITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)TSCAITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)UNKITIS #823, (Radiocystis )ACPEITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)CADEITIS #19454, American chestnut (Castanea dentata)