public read Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of America

(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) leadVermont Forest Parks and Recreation partnerA general description of the Forest Health Monitoring Plots including dominant understory and overstory species, slope, aspect, approximate age of forest stand, % canopy coverage, tree size class diversity, and downed woody debris size diversity. 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.General Plot Characteristics A general description of the Forest Health Monitoring Plots including dominant understory and overstory species, slope, aspect, approximate age of forest stand, % canopy coverage, tree size class diversity, and downed woody debris size diversity. VMC.17.2546mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/forest-health-monitoring/dataset/general-plot-characteristics2018-06-112018-08-21Approx__Age_(years)Approx__Age_(years)Approximate age of the forest stand.textAspect_Aspect_Aspect of plotintmeterinteger0360Canopy_Coverage_(%)Canopy_Coverage_(%)% of canopy coverage.intmeterrational0100DescriptionDescriptionImportant descriptive features of plot.textDominant_OverstoryDominant_OverstoryDominant overstory species.textDominant_UnderstoryDominant_UnderstoryDominant understory species.textDowned_Woody_Debris_Size_DiversityDowned_Woody_Debris_Size_DiversityDiversity of downed woody debris size.textSlope_(degree)Slope_(degree)Slope of plot.intmeterinteger0100PlotPlotThe Forest Health Monitoring Plot where sample was taken.textSubplot_Subplot_The subplot where study was completed.intTree_Size_Class_DiversityTree_Size_Class_DiversityThe diversity of tree size class at study site.text