Lye Brook Area Ecological Land Type Classification: Cover Classes for Herbs, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens
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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 performed extensive sampling in the Lye Brook Wilderness are to classify ecological communities based on an integration of soils, vegetation & physiographic data. These communities were then mapped.
► People
- Diane Burbank: Content Provider
- Nancy Burt: Principal Investigator
► Geographic Coverage
- Coordinates
- 451456.6947999997, 61580.78020000085
- 464145.3128000004, 61580.78020000085
- 464145.3128000004, 74074.30030000024
- 451456.6947999997, 74074.30030000024
- 451456.6947999997, 61580.78020000085
► Data Table
- Title: Cover Classes for Herbs, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens
- Start Date: 1993-06-01
- End Date: 1993-08-31
- Description: Percent cover class code for each 10 x 10 m quadrat using a modified Braun-Blanquet scale (6 = > 50%; 5 = 25-50%; 4 = 10-25%; 3 = 5-10%; 2 = 1-5%; 1 = < 1%-scattered; r = solitary individual).
- Purpose: To classify ecological communities in the Lye Brook Area based on vegetation.
- Condensed Title: Z0001_HerbsCoverClass
- Object Name: VMC.1.322
- Data Type: mySQL
- Citation: Nancy Burt. 1993. Cover Classes for Herbs, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens. Green Mountain National Forest. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/lye-brook-area-ecological-land-type/dataset/cover-classes-for-herbs-ferns-mosses
- Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/lye-brook-area-ecological-land-type/dataset/cover-classes-for-herbs-ferns-mosses
► Attribute List
- Attribute Name: AverageCoverClass
- Label: AverageCoverClass
- Description: AverageCoverClass
- Storage Type: decimal
- Measurment Type: ratio
- Attribute Name: HerbSpeciesCode
- Label: HerbSpeciesCode
- Description: HerbSpeciesCode
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: PlotID
- Label: PlotID
- Description: PlotID
- Storage Type: decimal
- Measurment Type: ratio
► Methods
- Current Methods
- Ground cover metrics
- Method Description: Ground flora in each plot were identified to species, including moss and lichens. Plots were divided into 10X10 quadrats and percent cover by species was recorded. Then 3 1 meter square frames were chosen from the quadrat and each species and % cover was recorded.
- Past Methods (no longer in use)
- Stand selection criteria
- Started: 1993-06-01
Ended: 1993-08-31 - Method Description: General: Stand selection criteria, greater than 1 hectare; undisturbed; not too heterogenous; not dominated by exotic species. Plot size varied with community homogeneity; permanent plots of 20X40m, 20X20 or 10X20 m on 29 forest communities.
- Started: 1993-06-01
► Sampling Equipment
- No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset
► Site Characteristics
- Site Description: Extensive mapping in Lye Brook Wilderness Area.