Forest Research at Penobscot Experimental Forest: Overstory tree and regeneration data from the "Silvicultural Effects on Composition, Structure, and Growth" study at Penobscot Experimental Forest
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► Abstract
The Penobscot Experimental Forest (PEF) is located in the towns of Bradley and Eddington in east-central Maine, about 10 miles north of the city of Bangor. This approximately 3,900-acre experimental forest was established in 1950 as a site for long-term U.S. Forest Service research. Though there are 22 experimental forests in the Northern Research Station and 80 nationwide, the PEF is the only one in the transitional zone between the eastern broadleaf and boreal forests known as the Acadian Region. The PEF thus serves as an important and unique source of information about the ecology and silviculture of mixed-species northern conifers.
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service : lead
- Penobscot Experimental Forest : lead
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- Title: Overstory tree and regeneration data from the "Silvicultural Effects on Composition, Structure, and Growth" study at Penobscot Experimental Forest
- Start Date: 1952-01-01
- Description: Data provide information about the interaction of natural and human disturbances and their effects on forest stand dynamics. This data publication contains overstory tree measurements, regeneration data, and permanent sample plot location information collected between 1952 and 2014 under the study plan: FS-NRS-07-08-01 "Study Plan: Silvicultural effects on composition, structure and growth of Northern conifers in the Acadian Forest Region: Revision of the Compartment Management Study on the Penobscot Experimental Forest" (see Methodology citation section). Response variables include regeneration, species composition, and tree and stand growth, productivity, and quality.
- Purpose: The primary objective of the long-term silvicultural study, called the Compartment Management Study, conducted by the USDA Forest Service at the Penobscot Experimental Forest (PEF) is to quantify tree and stand response to silvicultural treatment. A secondary objective of the study is to provide a variety of forest structures at one location to be used as the framework for short-term experiments in ecology and silviculture.
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- Object Name: VMC.1389.2850
- Data Type: mySQL
- Citation: Kenefic, Laura S.; Rogers, Nicole S.; Puhlick, Joshua J.; Waskiewicz, Justin D.; Brissette, John C. 2015. Overstory tree and regeneration data from the "Silvicultural Effects on Composition, Structure, and Growth" study at Penobscot Experimental Forest. 2nd Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2012-0008-2
- Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/Forest_research_penobscot_Forest/dataset/overstory-tree-regeneration-data-from-silvicultural
► Attribute List
- Attribute Name: USFSspID
- Label: USFS Species code ID
- Description: USFS Species code ID in the Penobscot Experimental Forest Overstory dataset
- Storage Type: int
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Species List: Species codes for Penobscot Experimental Forest overstory dataset
- Code: 1
- Definition: ITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
- Code: 2
- Definition: ITIS #18033, spruce (Picea sp.)
- Code: 4
- Definition: ITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)
- Code: 5
- Definition: ITIS #183295, white spruce (Picea glauca)
- Code: 6
- Definition: ITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)
- Code: 7
- Definition: ITIS #505490, arborvitae; eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
- Code: 9
- Definition: ITIS #183375, red pine (Pinus resinosa)
- Code: 10
- Definition: ITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
- Code: 10
- Definition: ITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)
- Code: 11
- Definition: ITIS #183412, tamarack (Larix laricina)
- Code: 15
- Definition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
- Code: 16
- Definition: ITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- Code: 17
- Definition: ITIS #32945, black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
- Code: 18
- Definition: ITIS #195773, quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- Code: 19
- Definition: ITIS #21536, American basswood (Tilia americana)
- Code: 20
- Definition: ITIS #19497, gray birch (Betula populifolia)
- Code: 21
- Definition: ITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Code: 22
- Definition: ITIS #24799, pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
- Code: 23
- Definition: ITIS #19048, elm (Ulmus sp.)
- Code: 24
- Definition: ITIS #22463, bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)
- Code: 25
- Definition: ITIS #, Unknown hardwood tree ( )
- Code: 26
- Definition: ITIS #22453, balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
- Code: 31
- Definition: ITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)
- Code: 32
- Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- Code: 33
- Definition: ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
- Code: 34
- Definition: ITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
- Code: 35
- Definition: ITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
- Code: 36
- Definition: ITIS #19276, oak (Quercus sp.)
- Code: 37
- Definition: ITIS #25108, serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)
- Code: 38
- Definition: ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
- Code: 40
- Definition: ITIS #, Unknown hardwood tree ( )
- Code: 99
- Definition: ITIS #823, (Radiocystis )
- Code: 334
- Definition: ITIS #, Unknown hardwood tree ( )
- Code: 335
- Definition: ITIS #, Unknown softwood tree ( )
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