Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) leadMassachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation partnerMassachusetts Forest Health MonitoringThe 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.Massachusetts Forest Health MonitoringKosibaAlexandraDuncanJamesTruongJohnNevinsMatthiasSirchMatthiasChristensenBrennaParadisoEvaPupkoJuliaVanDorenBillKeleherNicolelong term monitoringforest healthcontinuous forest inventory forest regenerationforest compositionforest health monitoringSeedling Measurements on Subplots2019-08-132021-12-31Counts of seedlings on microplot by speciesInventory and track regeneration processes on forest health monitoring plotsZ1624_3216_C7329GVMC.1624.3216mySQLForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative and Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (2020) Seedling Measurements on Subplots. FEMC. Available online at: /femc/data/archive/project/massfhm/dataset/seedling-measurements-subplots-1/femc/data/archive/project/massfhm/dataset/seedling-measurements-subplots-1CountCountFrequency of specific species occurenceintCountClass1CountClass1A 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.int1CountClass2CountClass2A 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.int1PlotIDPlotIDPlot IDtextSpeciesSpeciesSeedling speciesintSubplotIDSubplotIDSubplot IDintYearYearYeardate1