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(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcHarvard University Harvard ForestleadDuke Forest partnerThe invasion of the non-native insect, hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA, Adelgids tsugae) into hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) stands in New England has the potential to rapidly change the ecology and function of these forests. The investigators of this project are monitoring how forest structure and function changes as the adelgid invades hemlock stands in Harvard Forest. To do this, this study surveyed community vegetation structure and composition prior to adelgid infestation as well as during the progress of the infestation. Forest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeEmeryBooseprincipalInvestigatorSince 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 Understory Vegetation Plots at Harvard Forest since 2002The invasion of the non-native insect, hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA, Adelgids tsugae) into hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) stands in New England has the potential to rapidly change the ecology and function of these forests. The investigators of this project are monitoring how forest structure and function changes as the adelgid invades hemlock stands in Harvard Forest. To do this, this study surveyed community vegetation structure and composition prior to adelgid infestation as well as during the progress of the infestation. VMC.1387.2852mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/Harvard_Forest_Research/dataset/hemlock-understory-vegetation-plots-harvard-forest2002-01-01speciesSpecies field in the Hemlock Understory datasetsSpecies field in the Harvard Forest Hemlock Understory Vegetation Plots datasets (hf048)textACRUITIS #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)