Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaVermont Agency of Natural Resources Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and RecreationpartnerContinuous Forest Inventory on the state forests in the Northeast Kingdom of VermontThe 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.Continuous Forest Inventory on the state forests in the Northeast Kingdom of VermontMeachamEmilycoarse woody debrisforestscontinuous forest inventory forest, parks, and recreationwilloughby state forestforest compositionSmall Sapling Data2015-06-01Small sapling presence and metrics in plotsBaseline data set for a variety of tree growth, landscape models, and climate predictive models. Z0344_Small_SaplingVMC.344.2024mySQLEmily Meacham. 2017. Small Sapling Data. VT Forests, Parks and Recreation. FEMC. Can be found at: /femc/data/archive/project/continuous-forest-inventory/dataset/vtcfi-small-sapling/femc/data/archive/project/continuous-forest-inventory/dataset/vtcfi-small-saplingAzimuthAzimuthintDBH_inDBH_indecimalDistance_ftDistance_ftdecimalField10Field10Field11Field11Field12Field12Field8Field8Field9Field9LocationLocationtextNotesNotestextTree_IdTree_IdPlotPlotUnique plot identifierint-1DD/MM/YYYY-1YearYearYear data was collecteddatetime-1YYYY-1Tree IdTree IDTree identification numberint-1DD/MM/YYYY-1SectorSectorPlot sector (Ten 36 degree sectors/plot)int-1DD/MM/YYYY-1AzimuthaAzimuthAzimuth from plot center to saplingintdegree1DD/MM/YYYYrational0360SpeciesSpeciesSpecies of small sapling-1ABITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)AEITIS #19049, American elm (Ulmus americana)BAITIS #32945, black ash (Fraxinus nigra)BCITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)BEITIS #28749, boxelder (Acer negundo)BFITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)BPITIS #22453, balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)BSITIS #183302, black spruce; bog spruce (Picea mariana)BTITIS #22463, bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)BWITIS #21536, American basswood (Tilia americana)EHITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)GAITIS #32929, green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)GBITIS #19497, gray birch (Betula populifolia)HHITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)MMITIS #28758, mountain maple (Acer spicatum)PBITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)PRITIS #24799, pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)PYITIS #22445, Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides)QAITIS #195773, quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)RMITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)ROITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)RPITIS #183375, red pine (Pinus resinosa)RSITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)SEITIS #25108, serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)SMITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)STITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)SVITIS #28757, silver maple (Acer saccharinum)TAITIS #183412, tamarack (Larix laricina)WAITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)WCITIS #505490, arborvitae; eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis)WPITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)WSITIS #183295, white spruce (Picea glauca)YBITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)Distance (ft)DistanceDistance in feet from plot center to pith of saplingdecimalfoot0.1rational016.3DBH (in)DBHDiameter at breast height in inches at 4.5 feetdecimalinch0.1rational12.5