public read Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of America

(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcVermont Agency of Natural Resources Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and RecreationpartnerOverstory metrics in plotsForest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeEmilyMeachamprincipalInvestigatorThe Vermont State Continuous Forest Inventory is a data collection program with a comprehensive measure of tree health, growth, and decay within Vermont state lands. It serves as a baseline data set for a variety of tree growth, landscape models, and climate predictive models. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to use this data.Overstory DataOverstory metrics in plotsVMC.344.2020mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/continuous-forest-inventory/dataset/vtcfi-overstory2015-06-01DBH_(in)DBH_(in)No description for this attributeno dataDistance(ft)Distance(ft)No description for this attributeno dataHt_to_LC_(ft)Ht_to_LC_(ft)No description for this attributeno dataLocationLocationNo description for this attributetextNotesNotesObserver notestextStatusStatusStatus of tree, eg. living or deadintStrataStrataStrata tree occupies in canopytextTotal_Ht_(ft)Total_Ht_(ft)No description for this attributeno dataTree_IdTree_IdNo description for this attributeno dataPlotPlotPlot identification numberintYearYearYear data was collecteddatetimeYYYYTree IdTree IDTree identification numberintSectorSectorPlot sector (Ten 36 degree sectors/plot)intSpeciesSpeciesSpecies of treetextABFagus grandifolia AEUlmus americanaBAFraxinus nigraBCPrunus serotinaBEAcer negundo BFAbies balsamea BPPopulus balsamiferaBSPicea mariana BTPopulus grandidentataBWTilia americana EHTsuga canadensis GAFraxinus pennsylvanica GBBetula populifoliaHHOstrya virginianaMMAcer spicatumPBBetula papyriferaPRPrunus pensylvanicaPYPopulus deltoidesQAPopulus tremuloidesRMAcer rubrum ROQuercus rubra RPPinus resinosa RSPicea rubensSEAmelanchierSMAcer saccharumSTAcer pensylvanicumSVAcer saccharinumTALarix laricinaWAFraxinus americanaWCThuja occidentalisWPPinus strobusWSPicea glaucaYBBetula alleghaniensisCodeMeaningAzimuthAzimuthAzimuth from plot center to treeintmeterrational0360Distance (ft)Distance (feet)Distance from plot center to pith of treedecimalmeterrational052.7DBH (in)DBH (inches)Diameter at breast height (4.5 feet)-1meterrational4.51000Ht to LC (ft)Ht to LC (feet)Height to live crown in feetdecimalmeterrationalTotal Ht (ft)Total Height (feet)Total height of tree measured in feetdecimalmeterrational