Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Green Mountain National Forests Long-term Ecosystem Monitoring Project (LEMP): Tree Identifying Information

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Metadata Provider

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    This project is a 50-year monitoring effort to examine the long-term effects of broad-scale environmental changes--particularly changes in climate, air quality, soil health, and vegetation, in the Green Mountain National Forests.

People

  • Diane Burbank: Content Provider

  • Nancy Burt: Content Provider

  • Angelica Quintana: Content Provider

  • Mary Beth Poli: Content Provider

  • Suzanne Gifford: Principal Investigator

  • John McCann: Content Provider

Keywords

  • forest, forest health, tree health,

Organizations

  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service Green Mountain National Forest: lead
  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) : partner

Geographic Coverage

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    Data Table

    • Title: Tree Identifying Information
    • Start Date: 2008-01-01
    • Description: This dataset contains the basic tree info such as plot identification, location within the plot, and species.

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: Z0338_2452_H1HRS2

    • Object Name: VMC.338.2452

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Green Mountain National Forest, USFS (2018) Tree Identifying Information. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-ecosystem-monitoring-program-gmfl/dataset/tree-identifying-information

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-ecosystem-monitoring-program-gmfl/dataset/tree-identifying-information

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Azimuth
      • Label: Azimuth
      • Description: Azimuth of tree from subplot center
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      • Unit: degrees
      • Number Type: whole
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 360
      Attribute Name: Distance
      • Label: Distance
      • Description: Distance of tree from plot center in feet.
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.1
      • Unit: feet
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 24
      Attribute Name: PlotID
      • Label: PlotID
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Species
      • Label: Species
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • Species List: GMNT LEMP Tree Species Codes
        • Code: 318
          • Definition: ITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
        • Code: 531
          • Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
        • Code: 371
          • Definition: ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
        • Code: 541
          • Definition: ITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)
        • Code: 316
          • Definition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
        • Code: 833
          • Definition: ITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
        • Code: 375
          • Definition: ITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
        • Code: 762
          • Definition: ITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)
        • Code: 761
          • Definition: ITIS #24799, pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
        • Code: 97
          • Definition: ITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)
        • Code: 12
          • Definition: ITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
        • Code: 998
          • Definition: ITIS #822, (Gloeochaete wittrockiana)
        • Code: 837
          • Definition: ITIS #19447, black oak (Quercus velutina)
        • Code: 372
          • Definition: ITIS #19487, sweet birch (Betula lenta)
        • Code: 261
          • Definition: ITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)
        • Code: 832
          • Definition: ITIS #195058, chestnut oak ( Quercus prinus)
        • Code: 129
          • Definition: ITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
        • Code: 743
          • Definition: ITIS #22463, bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)
        • Code: 407
          • Definition: ITIS #19242, shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
        • Code: 403
          • Definition: ITIS #19231, pignut hickory; sweet pignut (Carya glabra)
        • Code: 802
          • Definition: ITIS #19290, white oak (Quercus alba)
        • Code: 409
          • Definition: ITIS #501306, mockernut hickory ( Carya alba)
        • Code: 315
          • Definition: ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
        • Code: 935
          • Definition: ITIS #25319, American mountain-ash (Sorbus americana)
      Attribute Name: SubplotID
      • Label: SubplotID
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: TreeID
      • Label: TreeID
      • Storage Type: int

    Methods

    • No methods recorded for this dataset

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset