public read Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of America

(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) leadMassachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation partnerCounts of seedlings on microplot by speciesForest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeAlexandraKosibaprincipalInvestigatorJamesDuncanprincipalInvestigatorJohnTruongprincipalInvestigatorMatthiasNevinscontentProviderMatthiasSirchcontentProviderBrennaChristensencontentProviderEvaParadisocontentProviderJuliaPupkocontentProviderBillVanDorencontentProviderNicoleKelehercontentProviderThe Forest Health Monitoring Program was established in 1991 as a joint effort between the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) and the Vermont Monitoring Cooperative (VMC) (as of March 2017 renamed to Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC)) to monitor the condition of a range of tree species in Vermont. Plot design follows the structure set by the National Forest Health Monitoring Program with additional metrics added to reflect improvements in monitoring technologies and additions to monitoring objectives. In collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the FEMC expanded the Forest Health Monitoring program that has been running in Vermont for over 15 years to Massachusetts. In 2019 twenty forested plots were selected from the network of plots that MA DCR has maintained to monitor wood quality and yield on state lands since the 1960s. The goal is to establish a total of twenty-five plots by 2020. Plots were selected to be representative of MA forest composition and distributed across the state. The field crews measured tree demography, including saplings and seedlings, recorded browse, invasive species, and damages, and assessed crown health, among other metrics. Plots will be assessed on an annual basis to provide an early warning sign of forest stress and changes in demography. We thank Bill VanDoren and Nicole Keleher at MA DCR for help with this effort.Seedling Measurements on SubplotsCounts of seedlings on microplot by speciesVMC.1624.3216mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/massfhm/dataset/seedling-measurements-subplots-12019-08-132021-12-31CountCountFrequency of specific species occurenceintno dataCountClass1CountClass1A seedling is counted as a class one if it is a conifer that is less than 6 inches in height or a conifer than is less than 12 inches in height.intmeternaturalCountClass2CountClass2A seedling is counted as a class two if it is a conifer that is equal or greater than 6 inches in height or it is a hardwood that is greater than or equal to 12 inches in height.intmeternaturalPlotIDPlotIDPlot IDtextSpeciesSpeciesSeedling speciesintno dataSubplotIDSubplotIDSubplot IDintno dataYearYearYeardate