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(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service Green Mountain National ForestleadForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) partnerField data collected on coarse woody debris (CWD). CWD includes downed, dead tree and shrub boles, large limbs, and other woody pieces that are severed from their original source of growth and are on the ground. Wood pieces must be >3.0 inches in diameter at the point of intersection with the transect.Forest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeDianeBurbankcontentProviderNancyBurtcontentProviderAngelicaQuintanacontentProviderMary BethPolicontentProviderSuzanneGiffordprincipalInvestigatorJohnMcCanncontentProviderThis project is a 50-year monitoring effort to examine the long-term effects of broad-scale environmental changes--particularly changes in climate, air quality, soil health, and vegetation, in the Green Mountain National Forests.Coarse Woody Debris dataField data collected on coarse woody debris (CWD). CWD includes downed, dead tree and shrub boles, large limbs, and other woody pieces that are severed from their original source of growth and are on the ground. Wood pieces must be >3.0 inches in diameter at the point of intersection with the transect.VMC.338.2183mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-ecosystem-monitoring-program-gmfl/dataset/cwd-2008-20162008-01-012017-10-01DecayClassDecayClassA scale from 1 to 5 that determines how intact the coarse woody debris is. A 1 indicates a newly fallen specimen where as a 5 indicates a very decomposed specimen.intLargeEndDiameterLargeEndDiameterThis refers to the diameter of the larger end of the log or downed woody material. There is no maximum as indicated by a value of 999.decimalmeterrational0999LengthLengthThe length of any recorded downed woody debris. A minimum length of 3.0 feet is required for the debris to be counted. There is no maximum as indicated by a value of 999.decimalmeterrational3999PlotIDPlotIDPlotIDtextSmallEndDiameterSmallEndDiameterThe diameter of the smaller end of the downed woody material. There is no maximum as indicated by a value of 999.decimalmeterrational0999SpeciesSpeciesA code that coordinates to a particular species of tree.textSubplotIDSubplotIDThere are 4 subplots that make up a plot. They are labeled 1 through 4.textTransectAutoIDTransectAutoIDTransect ID numberstextTransectDiameterTransectDiameterThe diameter of CWD at the point it crosses the transect. There is no maximum as indicated by a value of 999.decimalmeterrational0999YearYearYear the data was collected.dateYYYY