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 monitoringTree Health and Physiology Measurements2019-08-132021-12-31Measurements of a wide range of tree characteristics, including height, diameter, crown condition, health indicators and othersQuantify and track changes in forest health over timeZ1624_3220_E6RECGVMC.1624.3220mySQLForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative and Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (2020) Tree Health and Physiology Measurements. FEMC. Available online at: /femc/data/archive/project/massfhm/dataset/tree-health-physiology-measurements/femc/data/archive/project/massfhm/dataset/tree-health-physiology-measurementsActualLengthActualLengthTree height to top of live crowndecimal0.01CrownBaseHeightCrownBaseHeightHeight from ground to base of tree crowndecimal0.01CrownClassCrownClassPosition of the crown relative to neighboring treesint1DBH_DendrobandDBH_DendrobandDiameter at breast height using a dendroband installed on treedecimalDBH_ModifiedDBH_ModifiedDiameter at breast height measured at painted band on tree ensuring same location for future measurementdecimal0.01DBH_TraditionalDBH_TraditionalDiameter at breast height using traditional methoddecimal0.1DefoliationDefoliationCrown defoliation classint1DiebackDiebackCode representing the percentage of the live crown area including the dieback area int1DiscolorationDiscolorationCode for discoloration classint1DistanceMethodDistanceMethodtextEditReasonEditReasontextHeightMethodHeightMethodThe method used to measure heights - visual, clinometer, hypsometertextNotesNotesNotes by text or special damage codetextPlotIDPlotIDUnique plot identifiertextSpecialDamage1SpecialDamage1Code for special damage 1 (code undefined)int1SpecialDamage2SpecialDamage2Code for special damage 2 (code undefined)intSpecialDamage3SpecialDamage3Code for special damage 3 (code undefined)intSpeciesSpeciesintTotalLengthTotalLengthTree height including dead or broken topdecimal0.01TransparencyTransparencyFoliage transparency indicator classint1TreeIDTreeIDUnique tree identification numberint1TreeStatusTreeStatusCoded tree statusintVigorVigorCoded tree vigor ratingint1YearYearYear of data collectiondate1