public read Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

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(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) leadVermont Forest Parks and Recreation partnerAn inventory on fern diversity at Forest Health Monitoring Plots and a measurement of their abundance.Forest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeMichaelJohnsoncontentProviderTomSimmonscontentProviderSandraWilmotprincipalInvestigatorFlorencePetersoncontentProviderJayLackeycontentProviderRonWellscontentProviderBradGreenoughcontentProviderLarsLundcontentProviderBernieBartoncontentProviderJenniferPontiusprincipalInvestigatorAlexandraKosibaprincipalInvestigatorJamesDuncanprincipalInvestigatorDavidGudex-CrosscontentProviderHelenaMurraycontentProviderKatlynWilliardcontentProviderChristineSandbachcontentProviderJohnTruongprincipalInvestigatorKirstiCarrcontentProviderDianaGurvichcontentProviderBeccaRossellcontentProviderCarolineDraytoncontentProviderElizabethRomakercontentProviderKelseyHammcontentProviderMikePerrincontentProviderSawyerUpdikecontentProviderStephenRotellacontentProviderDanielleWardcontentProviderJosephine Robertson contentProviderGeneDesideraggiocontentProviderThe Forest Health Monitoring Program was established in 1991 as a joint effort between the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) and the Vermont Monitoring Cooperative (VMC) (as of March 2017 renamed to Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC)) to monitor the condition of a range of tree species in Vermont. Plot design follows the structure set by the National Forest Health Monitoring Program with additional metrics added to reflect improvements in monitoring technologies and additions to monitoring objectives.Fern Diversity at Forest Health Monitoring PlotsAn inventory on fern diversity at Forest Health Monitoring Plots and a measurement of their abundance.VMC.17.2547mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/forest-health-monitoring/dataset/fern-diversity-forest-health-monitoring-plots2018-06-112018-08-22Abundance_(1-5)Abundance_(1-5)Measurement of abundance of present ferns on plots. 1= 0-5%, 2= 5-15%, 3= 15-30%, 4= 30-50%, 5= >50%.intPlotPlotThe Forest Health Monitoring Plot where sample was taken.textSpeciesSpeciesSpecies of fern present.textSubplotSubplotThe subplot where study was completed.int