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Methods
The methods followed in the creation of the dataset, including description of field, laboratory and processing steps, and quality control procedures
Current Methods
Plot establishment
Started: 1991-05-01One plot established at Proctor Maple Research Center in 1991.
Started: 1992-05-01Eight plots on west slope of Mt. Mansfield paired at 4 elevations: 1400, 2200, 3000, and 3800 feet. Used to assess changes in crown condition, injury to crown and bole, growth, regeneration, understory cover.
Started: 1990-05-01One plot established in the Lye Brook Wilderness Area as part of the National Forest Health Monitoring Program at 2300 ft.
Started: 1994-05-01Four plots in the Lye Brook Wilderness Area paired at 1400 and 2300 feet, in addition to the NFHM plot at 2300 feet.
Started: 1997-05-01Six plots established in 1997 on the east slope of the mountain in Ranch Valley paired at 1400, 2200, and 3000 feet.
Past Methods (No longer in use)
- Ice storm effects
Started: 1998-01-30
Ended: 1998-06-01In 1998, conducted special spring survey on plots affected by the January ice storm. Measurements included bole breakage and crown loss (%).
Dataset Fields
Detailed documentation of the fields comprising the dataset, including the type of measurement, units where applicable, and any controlled vocabularies or code lists present in the data
Field Name Caption Description Additional Information count Count Frequency of specific species occurence
Measurement type: Interval
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 1livedead Live or Dead Designation of trees as live or dead
Measurement type: Nominal PlotID Plot ID Plot ID
Measurement type: Nominal SubplotID Subplot ID Subplot ID
Measurement type: Nominal
Unit: unavailableYear Year Year
Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: YYYYSpecies Species Species Code
Measurement type: Nominal
VT FHM Prism Measurement Species
+ showAppears in data as Meaning 12 balsam fir (Abies balsamea) - 90 spruce (Picea sp.) - 95 black spruce; bog spruce (Picea mariana) - 97 red spruce (Picea rubens) - 129 eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) - 241 arborvitae; eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) - 261 Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis) - 299 Unknown softwood tree 310 maples (Acer sp.) - 314 black sugar maple (Acer nigrum) - 315 striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) - 316 red maple (Acer rubrum) - 318 sugar maple (Acer saccharum) - 319 mountain maple (Acer spicatum) - 320 Norway maple (Acer platanoides) - 350 alnus spp. (Alnus sp.) - 351 red alder (Alnus rubra) - 371 yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) - 372 sweet birch (Betula lenta) - 375 paper birch (Betula papyrifera) - 378 northwestern paper birch (Betula X utahensis) - 379 gray birch (Betula populifolia) - 400 hickory spp (Carya sp.) - 402 bitternut hickory; pignut (Carya cordiformis) - 407 shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) - 531 American beech (Fagus grandifolia) - 541 white ash (Fraxinus americana) - 543 black ash (Fraxinus nigra) - 544 green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) - 701 eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) - 740 cottonwood (Populus sp.) - 742 Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) - 743 bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata) - 746 quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) - 761 pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) - 762 black cherry (Prunus serotina) - 802 white oak (Quercus alba) - 832 chestnut oak ( Quercus prinus) - 833 northern red oak (Quercus rubra) - 837 black oak (Quercus velutina) - 935 American mountain-ash (Sorbus americana) - 951 American basswood (Tilia americana) - 972 American elm (Ulmus americana) - 998 Unknown hardwood tree 999 (Entophysalis sp.) - Sampling Equipment
Equipment and software used to collect data, including how that equipment was used.
No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset
Site Characteristics
The spatial extent of the dataset site coverage, and descriptions of the spatial extent and context for the data collection
- Site Description