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(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcVermont Nature Conservancy partnerCanopy composition, 1998, on Shaw Mountain, VT. Elevation 190-215m.Forest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeJamesGravesprincipalInvestigatorThis study tracks forest response to an ice storm. The forest inventory plots, established in 1998 are located at the Nature Conservancy's Shaw Mountain Natural Area in Benson, VT. Used to study the impacts of this disturbance on forest structure and composition. Response variables include abiotic conditions, soil, downed woody material, canopy cover and light penetration, canopy composition, tree recruitment, tree vitality analysis, seedling density by species and height, tree diameter analysis, basal area of trees, and herbaceous layer after an ice storm. Four 20x20m plots were located at 190-215 m elevation, two in heavily ice-damaged forest and two in lightly damaged forest (controls).Canopy CompositionCanopy composition, 1998, on Shaw Mountain, VT. Elevation 190-215m.VMC.1341.2716mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/shaw_mountain_ice_storm_study/dataset/canopy-composition1998-07-141998-07-15Basal_AreaBasal AreaBasal area by m^2 per hectare. Stems dead prior to the ice storm are not included. (For example, plot 1 had one dead stem of Fraxinus americana.)decimalmeternaturalSpeciesSpeciesNo description for this attributetextPlotPlotPlot idintStem_DiameterStem DiameterStem diameter (mean) in cmintmeternaturalStem_DensityStem DensityStem density by stems per hectareintmeternaturalTrees_Per_SampleTrees Per SampleCount of trees per sampleintmeternatural