public read Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of America

(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcUnited States Geological Survey (USGS) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation ServiceForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) University of Vermont College of Agriculture and Life SciencesUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National ForestspartnerCount of all seedling and saplings tree species that were under 2 inches in DBH. Counts were done on each of the 10 sampling plots at each site. A 5 m^2 PVC square was placed on the perimeter of each plot and all seedlings whose stems originated in the square were counted. Seedlings were only counted if they had true leaves (More than just cotyledons).Forest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeJoshuaHalmancontentProviderCarlWaitecontentProviderSandraWilmotcontentProviderNancyBurtcontentProviderJamieShanleycontentProviderDeaneWangcontentProviderSeanLawsoncontentProviderThomasVillarsprincipalInvestigatorScottBaileyprincipalInvestigatorDonaldRossprincipalInvestigatorJamesDuncancontentProviderJenniferWrightcontentProviderAngelicaQuintanacontentProviderLong-term monitoring of forest soils is necessary to understand the effects of continued environmental change, including climate change, atmospheric deposition of metals, and recovery from acidic precipitation. A monitoring program was initiated in 2002 at five protected forest sites in Vermont, three in Mt. Mansfield State Forest and two in the Lye Brook Wilderness Area. Every 5 years at each site, ten soil pits are dug and sampled from subplots in a 50 × 50-m plot.RegenerationCount of all seedling and saplings tree species that were under 2 inches in DBH. Counts were done on each of the 10 sampling plots at each site. A 5 m^2 PVC square was placed on the perimeter of each plot and all seedlings whose stems originated in the square were counted. Seedlings were only counted if they had true leaves (More than just cotyledons).VMC.161.2461mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-soil-monitoring/dataset/regeneration2007-01-01AshAshNo description for this attributeno dataBalsamFirBalsamFirNo description for this attributeintno dataBeechBeechNo description for this attributeintno dataenuPurposePurpose of VisitPurpose of the visit at the plot level.textfkPlotIDPlot IDNumerical ID given to each plot within each site. There are 100 plots per site.intfkSiteIDSite IDTwo letter IDs given to each of the 5 sites.textfldYearfldYearVisit yeardateYYYYMountainAshMountainAshNo description for this attributeintno dataMountainBirchMountainBirchNo description for this attributeintno dataMountainMapleMountainMapleNo description for this attributeintno dataRedMapleRedMapleNo description for this attributeintno dataRedSpruceRedSpruceNo description for this attributeintno dataStripedMapleStripedMapleNo description for this attributeintno dataSeedlingSaplingCountTotalSeedling Sapling Total CountTotal count of seedlings/saplingsdecimalmeternaturalSugarMapleSugarMapleNo description for this attributeintno dataUnknownMapleUnknownMapleNo description for this attributeintno dataWhitePineWhitePineNo description for this attributeno dataYellowBirchYellowBirchNo description for this attributeintno data