public read Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

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(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 ForestspartnerAssessment of the species and size classes of tree species present on each of the 5 plots. Trees with DBHs greater than 2 inches were measured if they fell within the boundaries of the 50m^2 plot.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.Tree Health MeasurementsAssessment of the species and size classes of tree species present on each of the 5 plots. Trees with DBHs greater than 2 inches were measured if they fell within the boundaries of the 50m^2 plot.VMC.161.2462mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-soil-monitoring/dataset/tree-health-measurements2002-01-01dbhDBHDiameter at Breast Height. All trees were sampled on every site. The minimum DBH was 2 inches.decimalmeternaturalenuPurposePurposeSampling purposetextfkSiteIDSite IDSite IDtextfldSpeciesSpeciesCommon name of tree species measured.textBalsam firITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)Mountain ashITIS #25319, American mountain-ash (Sorbus americana)Mountain paper birchITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)American beechITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)Striped mapleITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)Sugar mapleITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)Red mapleITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)Red spruceITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)Yellow birchITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)UnknownITIS #823, (Radiocystis )AshITIS #32928, ash (Fraxinus sp.)Mountain mapleITIS #28758, mountain maple (Acer spicatum)White ashITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)fldYearYearYeardateYYYYnotesnotesNo description for this attributetextpkTreeIDTree IDnumerical ID given to each tree.intstatusStatusStatus 1 = live tree, Status 2 = dead treeint