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 ForestspartnerIdentifying information for all soil samples collected during the sampling year.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.Soil Sampling Identifying InformationIdentifying information for all soil samples collected during the sampling year.VMC.161.2468mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-soil-monitoring/dataset/soil-sampling-identifying-information2002-01-01enuPurposePurposeSampling purposetextenuSampleTypeSample TypeSoil sample type (H = Horizon, D = Depth). Sampling was done either based off of horizon or depth.textfkPlotIDPlot IDNumerical ID given to each of the 100 plots within each site.intfkQuadrantIDQuadrant IDThe quadrant of the subdivided pit based on cardinal directions, NE, SE, SW, NW, NA.textfkSiteIDSite IDTwo letter IDs given to each of the 5 sites.textfldBagIDBag IDLabel given to each soil sample collected. The bag id uses the following format, SiteID-SampleYR-SampleID-Horizon/Depth. Sample year was recorded in increments of 5 on bag ids starting at year 0 in 2002. textfldCollectorCollectorInitials of crew members who collected the sampletextfldNRCSLabIDNRCS Lab IDNRCS Lab IDtextfldUSFSLabIDUSFS Lab IDUSFS Lab IDtextfldYearYearYear collecteddateYYYYpkSoilSampleIDSoil Sample IDSoil sample IDint