Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) leadVermont Forest Parks and Recreation partnerVermont Forest Health MonitoringThe 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.Vermont Forest Health MonitoringJohnsonMichaelSimmonsTomWilmotSandraPetersonFlorenceLackeyJayWellsRonGreenoughBradLundLarsBartonBerniePontiusJenniferKosibaAlexandraDuncanJamesGudex-CrossDavidMurrayHelenaWilliardKatlynSandbachChristineTruongJohnCarrKirstiGurvichDianaRossellBeccaDraytonCarolineRomakerElizabethHammKelseyPerrinMikeUpdikeSawyerRotellaStephenWardDanielleRobertson Josephine DesideraggioGenelong term monitoringforest healthcontinuous forest inventory forest regenerationforest compositionforest health monitoringSapling Measurements on Subplots1992-01-012021-12-31Diameter and species of all saplings on microplots (2.5 to 10 cm DBH)Inventory and track regeneration processes on forest health monitoring plotsZ0017_SaplingVMC.17.429mySQLPontius, J., and S. Wilmot. 2017. Sapling Measurements on Subplots. FEMC. Can be found at: /femc/data/archive/project/forest-health-monitoring/dataset/prism-measurements-on-subplots/femc/data/archive/project/forest-health-monitoring/dataset/sapling-measurements-on-subplotsNotesNotestextPlotIDPlot IDPlot IDtextHHSB05G07HHSB13H02HHSC01K07HHSC12F02HHSF01A11HHSG01G10HHSG19A05HHSI09K10LBA1400ALBA1400BLBA2300ALBA2300BLBA2300CLEMP11LEMP12LEMP13LEMP14LEMP16LEMP17LEMP18LEMP20LEMP5MMBR1400MMBR2200MMBR3000MMBR3800AMMBR3800BMMRB1400AMMRB1400BMMRB2200AMMRB2200BMMRB3000AMMRB3000BMMSB1400MMSB2200MMSB3000NAMP36NAMP39NAMP5VMC1063VMC1130VMC1235VMC244VMC245VMC495VMC593VMC812VMC919FEMC001YearYearYeardateYYYYSubplotIDSubplot IDSubplot IDintnumber1integerSaplingIDSapling IDUnique sapling numberintSpeciesSapling speciesSapling speciesint12ITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)97ITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)129ITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)261ITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)310ITIS #28727, maples (Acer sp.)314ITIS #182135, black sugar maple (Acer nigrum)315ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)316ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)318ITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)319ITIS #28758, mountain maple (Acer spicatum)351ITIS #19474, red alder (Alnus rubra)356ITIS #25108, serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)371ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)372ITIS #19487, sweet birch (Betula lenta)375ITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)378ITIS #183548, northwestern paper birch (Betula X utahensis)379ITIS #19497, gray birch (Betula populifolia)531ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)541ITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)543ITIS #32945, black ash (Fraxinus nigra)544ITIS #32929, green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)701ITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)761ITIS #24799, pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)762ITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)935ITIS #25319, American mountain-ash (Sorbus americana)975ITIS #19050, slippery elm (Ulmus rubra)AzimuthAzimuthAzimuth from microplot center to saplingintDistanceDistanceDistance from microplot centerdecimalDistanceMethodDistance methodDistance measured with tape or hypsometertextDBHDiameter at Breast HeightDiameter measured at breast heightdecimalSaplingStatusSapling StatusWhether sapling is live, dead or dead and downint8Dead and down2Dead1Live9Not surveyed7Sapling grew into a tree (DBH >12.7)