Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service Green Mountain National ForestleadForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) partnerGreen Mountain National Forests Long-term Ecosystem Monitoring Project (LEMP)This 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.Green Mountain National Forests Long-term Ecosystem Monitoring Project (LEMP)BurbankDianeBurtNancyQuintanaAngelicaPoliMary BethGiffordSuzanneMcCannJohnlong term monitoringforestsforest healthforest inventorycontinuous forest inventory forest compositionQuadrat Vegetation Data2008-01-012011-01-01Lemp quadrat vegetation data indicating species presence and canopy/ground cover.To estimate vegetation diversity and abundance and monitor species distribution changes and responses to stressors.Z0338_QuadVegData_08_11VMC.338.2180mySQLDiane Burbank. 2011. Quadrat Veg Visit Data 2008-2011. Green Mountain National Forest. FEMC. Can be found at: /femc/data/archive/project/green-mountain-national-forest-long-term/dataset/quadrat-veg-visit-data-2008-2011/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-ecosystem-monitoring-program-gmfl/dataset/quad-veg-data-2008-2011PlotIDPlotIDPlotIDintPlotSpeciesNotesPlotSpeciesNotesPlotSpeciesNotestextQuad1PresenceQuad1PresenceThe presence (1) or absence (0) of a particular species in quadrant 1.intQuad2PresenceQuad2PresenceThe presence (1) or absence (0) of a particular species in quadrant 2.intQuad3PresenceQuad3PresenceThe presence (1) or absence (0) of a particular species in quadrant 3.intSpCoverLayer1_2SpCoverLayer1_2A code that refers to a range of percentage cover for any species present in the canopy layer 0-6 feet above the ground. -999 values indicates nothing recorded, 0 indicates that trace was recorded recorded as t in the field.intSpCoverLayer3SpCoverLayer3A code that refers to a range of percentage cover for any species present in the canopy layer >6-16 feet above the ground. -999 values indicates nothing recorded, 0 indicates that trace was recorded recorded as t in the field.intSpCoverLayer4SpCoverLayer4A code that refers to a range of percentage cover for any species present in the canopy layer >16 feet above the ground.-999 values indicates nothing recorded, 0 indicates that trace was recorded recorded as t in the field.intSpeciesSpeciesA code that coordinates to a particular species.textSpecimenLabelNumberSpecimenLabelNumberLabeled IDs for unknown species.intSpTotalCoverSpTotalCoverA code that refers to a range of total percentage cover for a particular species. -999 values indicates nothing recorded, 0 indicates that trace was recorded recorded as t in the field.intSubplotIDSubplotIDSubplotIDintUniqueSpNumberUniqueSpNumberUniqueSpNumberintYearYearYear that data was collecteddateYYYY