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Assessment of weather-associated causes of red spruce winter injury and consequences to aboveground carbon sequestration

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Objectives: We collected tree cores from red spruce trees at a red spruce plantation in northern NH and 23 forested plots (MA, NH, and VT) to assess the reductions in carbon sequestration that followed a severe winter injury event and explore the possible causes of this event.

Principal Investigator: Paul Schaberg, Gary Hawley, and Brynne Lazarus

Laboratory: Schaberg/Hawley Lab

Recommended Citation: Schaberg PG, Lazarus BE, Hawley GJ, Halman JM, Borer CH ,and Hansen CF. 2005. Red spruce tree ring data from New England and New York.

Project Contents: Data for 24 Plots, 241 Trees, 483 Cores

Project Period: 2004-01-01 to 2007-01-01

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Picea rubens

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Description: We sought to investigate the environmental factors that may contribute to red spruce foliar winter injury and how much this injury influences tree carbon stores. We used a long-term record of winter injury in a plantation in New Hampshire and at 23 forested plots (in MA, NH, and VT) and conducted stepwise linear regression analyses with local weather and regional pollution data to determine which parameters helped account for observed injury.

Related Publications:

Schaberg, P. G., Lazarus, B. E., Hawley, G. J., Halman, J. M., Borer, C. H., and Hansen, C. F. 2011. Assessment of weather-associated causes of red spruce winter injury and consequences to aboveground View

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Taxonomic standard used: USDA Plants Database

How plots were selected: Plots were selected from the Colbrook plantation (NH) and from the broader forested landscape in NH, VT, and MA.

How trees were selected: Xylem increment cores were collected for trees in the Colebrook plantation (November 2004) and the 23 regional winter injury assessment plots (October and November 2005). Colebrook plantation cores were collected on a subset of 88 trees. Two trees from each of four northern provenances in the plantation (New Hampshire, New York, and Maine, USA, and Quebec, Canada) were randomly chosen for sampling from each of the 11 winter injury classes (0–10). For the regional survey, a subset of 10 locations and 23 plots (from the 27 locations and 176 plots assessed by Lazarus et al. 2004) were chosen to include at least one and as many as three sites with average winter injury levels representing all but one of the 11 winter injury categories measured in 2003 (from 0 through 10).

Exclusion of trees (if any): Trees with obvious deformities were excluded.

How cores were collected: Two cores positioned at 180° from each other were collected from trees parallel to the contours of plot slopes.

How cores were processed: Cores were mounted and sanded and annual xylem increments were microscopically measured (Stokes and Smiley 1968). Following measurement, cores were crossdated and basal area increment was calculated (Cook and Kairiukstis 1990).

Exclusion of cores (if any): No cores were excluded.

Added to the database: 05/08/2018

Last modified: 03/04/2022

Sample of Plot Data

Up to 10 rows of data are shown below.

Plot ID	Latitude	Longitude	Site Description	Crew
Ascutney - high	43.433690	-72.443950	Not Provided	Paul Schaberg, Brynne Lazarus, Gary Hawley, Christopher Hansen
Ascutney - low	43.433380	-72.440420	Not Provided	Paul Schaberg, Brynne Lazarus, Gary Hawley, Christopher Hansen
Burke - high	44.576334	-71.896194	Not Provided	Paul Schaberg, Brynne Lazarus, Gary Hawley, Christopher Hansen
Burke - low	44.584180	-71.919920	Not Provided	Paul Schaberg, Brynne Lazarus, Gary Hawley, Christopher Hansen
Burnt Mtn. - high	44.202870	-72.340230	Not Provided	Paul Schaberg, Brynne Lazarus, Gary Hawley, Christopher Hansen
Burnt Mtn. - low	44.210889	-72.362840	Not Provided	Paul Schaberg, Brynne Lazarus, Gary Hawley, Christopher Hansen
Equinox - high	43.165868	-73.114792	Not Provided	Paul Schaberg, Brynne Lazarus, Gary Hawley, Christopher Hansen
Equinox - low	43.133940	-73.131150	Not Provided	Paul Schaberg, Brynne Lazarus, Gary Hawley, Christopher Hansen
Equinox - med-high	43.154720	-73.128070	Not Provided	Paul Schaberg, Brynne Lazarus, Gary Hawley, Christopher Hansen
Equinox - med-low	43.140934	-73.135595	Not Provided	Paul Schaberg, Brynne Lazarus, Gary Hawley, Christopher Hansen
Greylock - high	42.670990	-73.168880	Not Provided	Paul Schaberg, Brynne Lazarus, Gary Hawley, Christopher Hansen

Sample of Tree Data

Up to 10 rows of data are shown below.

Plot ID	Tree ID	Species	Status	Diameter	Diameter Units	Crown Position	Dieback
Ascutney - high	171	PIRU	1	25.5	centimeter	Codominant	5
Ascutney - high	172	PIRU	1	21	centimeter	Codominant	10
Ascutney - high	173	PIRU	1	23	centimeter	Codominant	5
Ascutney - high	174	PIRU	1	21.8	centimeter	Codominant	10
Ascutney - high	175	PIRU	1	24	centimeter	Codominant	5
Ascutney - high	176	PIRU	1	23.7	centimeter	Codominant	5
Ascutney - high	177	PIRU	1	23.6	centimeter	Codominant	5
Ascutney - high	178	PIRU	1	23.1	centimeter	Codominant	10
Ascutney - high	179	PIRU	1	26.1	centimeter	Codominant	5
Ascutney - high	180	PIRU	1	20.1	centimeter	Codominant	5
Ascutney - low	181	PIRU	1	28.1	centimeter	Codominant	5

Sample of Raw Core Data

Up to 10 rows of data are shown below.

Plot ID	Tree ID	DBH	Sample ID	Species	First Year	Last Year	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989	1988	1987	1986	1985	1984	1983	1982	1981	1980	1979	1978	1977	1976	1975	1974	1973	1972	1971	1970	1969	1968	1967	1966	1965	1964	1963	1962	1961	1960	1959	1958	1957	1956	1955	1954	1953	1952	1951	1950	1949	1948	1947	1946	1945	1944	1943	1942	1941	1940	1939	1938	1937	1936	1935	1934	1933	1932	1931	1930	1929
Ascutney - high	171	25.5	171A	PIRU	1936	2005	0.84	0.8	0.38	0.77	0.64	0.53	0.81	0.78	0.7	0.66	1.08	1.1	0.98	1.33	1.11	1.65	1.63	1.68	2.07	1.35	1.32	1.12	1.27	1.22	1	1.29	1.71	1.79	1.6	1.32	1.33	1.1	0.99	0.92	0.81	0.52	0.38	0.34	0.42	0.47	0.63	0.8	0.81	0.95	1.72	1.32	1.49	1.45	1.48	1	1.4	1.39	1.16	1.49	1.88	1.8	2.37	2.15	2.84	2.76	3.49	3.25	2.99	3.37	3.2	3.15	2.72	2.87	1.68	0.18
Ascutney - high	171	25.5	171B	PIRU	1940	2005	1.77	1.78	1.06	1.91	1.86	1.42	1.4	1.9	1.48	1.62	2.25	2.11	1.95	2.13	1.63	2.17	2.24	1.94	2.87	1.65	1.85	1.67	1.67	1.87	1.55	1.7	2.49	2.22	2.25	1.98	2.04	1.56	1.32	1.05	1.15	0.97	0.61	0.4	0.52	0.5	0.7	0.98	1.13	1.27	1.83	1.25	1.49	1.58	1.7	1.38	2.08	1.85	1.28	1.86	2.06	1.52	2.14	2.09	2.89	2.84	3.05	2.87	2.47	2.99	2.63	2.79
Ascutney - high	172	21	172A	PIRU	1932	2005	0.52	0.62	0.52	0.79	0.72	0.71	0.64	0.57	0.66	0.6	1.02	1.28	1.46	1.67	1.34	1.49	1.44	1.3	1.44	1.15	1.14	1.14	1.07	1.19	0.84	1.1	0.85	0.56	0.78	0.84	0.97	0.88	0.89	1.04	1.03	0.88	0.95	0.84	0.78	0.86	1.13	0.89	0.87	1.02	0.94	0.57	1.46	1.62	1.56	0.85	1.45	1.7	1.62	1.78	2.46	2.19	3.24	2.53	2.1	2.04	2.82	1.85	1.51	1.4	1.98	1.63	1.39	2.29	1.73	0.96	1.39	0.58	0.34	1.67
Ascutney - high	172	21	172B	PIRU	1943	2005	0.86	0.83	0.6	0.84	0.74	0.84	0.66	0.96	0.71	0.76	1.12	0.75	0.93	1.06	0.83	0.93	0.85	0.78	0.93	0.89	0.98	0.93	0.86	0.74	0.71	0.97	0.99	0.69	0.98	1.01	0.82	0.61	0.64	0.86	0.97	0.75	0.69	0.8	0.79	0.6	0.8	0.74	0.82	0.73	1.1	0.69	1.13	1.44	1.32	0.75	1.27	1.23	0.91	0.87	1.53	1.28	1.87	1.61	2.03	2.26	3.21	2.76	2.09
Ascutney - high	173	23	173A	PIRU	1938	2005	1.44	1.26	0.94	1.18	1.21	1.08	1.23	0.98	0.78	0.71	1.07	0.95	0.81	0.89	0.82	0.9	1.09	1.02	1.4	1.16	1.02	0.82	0.84	0.93	0.82	1.16	1.63	1.34	1.36	1.17	1.09	0.93	0.97	0.93	1.28	1.1	0.8	0.96	1.04	1.11	1.66	1.6	1.85	2.35	2.34	1.72	1.39	1.73	1.88	1.49	2.31	1.88	1.57	1.68	1.33	1.39	1.74	1.53	1.87	1.63	2.12	2.16	1.84	2.55	2.98	2.64	2.09	2.28
Ascutney - high	173	23	173B	PIRU	1943	2005	1.9	1.62	0.85	1.16	1.18	0.97	1.28	1.08	1.1	1.03	1.22	0.97	0.99	1.1	1.15	1.13	1.22	1.14	1.29	1.21	1.05	0.98	0.87	0.95	0.72	1.03	1.53	1.41	1.39	0.91	0.82	0.87	0.78	0.63	0.72	0.68	0.62	0.79	0.89	0.78	1.37	1.63	2.3	2.57	2.39	1.59	1.89	2.67	2.44	1.52	2.4	1.82	1.42	1.96	1.66	1.76	2.22	2.04	2.54	2.06	2.18	2.74	2.32
Ascutney - high	174	21.8	174A	PIRU	1929	2005	0.99	0.95	0.91	1.11	1.36	1.1	1.06	1.15	1.11	1.29	1.49	1.27	1.13	1.04	0.9	1.18	1.22	1.03	1.35	0.97	1.1	1.02	1	1.31	0.99	1.3	1.24	1.38	1.64	0.93	0.57	0.66	0.89	0.96	0.5	0.3	0.16	0.04	0.36	0.41	0.55	0.61	0.7	0.74	0.74	0.52	0.84	0.92	0.77	0.7	1.19	1.08	0.53	1.04	1.06	1.15	2.26	1.57	2.61	2.02	3.29	1.56	2.16	2.24	2.05	1.52	1.75	2.57	2.45	1.75	2.18	1.37	1.89	1.75	1.72	1.4	0.61
Ascutney - high	174	21.8	174B	PIRU	1932	2005	1.19	0.98	0.6	0.81	0.91	0.86	0.87	0.94	1.09	1.48	1.71	1.48	1.13	1.24	1	1.33	1.1	0.76	0.96	0.61	0.95	1.22	1.13	1.13	0.85	1.07	0.88	0.82	1.21	0.76	0.5	0.73	0.65	0.81	0.6	0.27	0.18	0	0.26	0.29	0.54	0.56	0.7	0.67	0.89	0.94	1.3	1.23	0.89	0.8	0.99	0.86	0.84	1.21	1.36	1.21	1.83	1.15	2.03	1.55	1.95	1.78	1.07	1.74	1.95	1.86	1.88	2.03	2.06	1.99	1.73	2.33	1.47	2.11
Ascutney - high	175	24	175A	PIRU	1964	2005	2.05	1.99	1.37	2.1	2.41	1.67	1.76	1.71	1.35	1.99	2.15	1.97	1.76	2.07	1.91	2.76	1.83	1.49	1.69	1.62	1.22	1.09	1.16	1.41	1.47	1.7	2.07	1.98	2.31	2.79	2.85	2.38	2.98	3.18	2.59	2.31	1.96	1.68	1.49	1.09	1.57	1.52
Ascutney - high	175	24	175B	PIRU	1947	2005	1.54	1.22	0.8	0.93	0.85	0.72	0.93	1.01	1.03	1.06	1.3	1.23	1.24	1.63	1.4	1.91	1.8	1.42	2.18	1.92	1.72	1.28	1.31	1.53	1.35	1.68	1.76	1.57	1.7	1.86	1.89	1.51	1.98	2.24	1.73	1.3	0.94	0.81	0.96	0.73	0.91	0.66	0.85	1.54	1.67	1.39	1.69	1.7	1.99	1.32	2.18	1.62	0.96	1.5	1.7	1.8	2.29	2.3	2.29
Ascutney - high	176	23.7	176A	PIRU	1953	2005	0.76	0.67	0.55	0.49	0.7	0.46	1.25	1.12	1.09	1.17	1.92	1.46	1.95	2.25	1.87	2.57	1.96	1.81	2.66	2.12	2.41	1.53	1.55	2.13	1.9	2.32	2.45	2.3	2.2	2.25	2.45	1.91	1.78	1.86	1.91	1.13	0.83	1.02	1.35	1.52	1.87	1.72	2.15	2.37	2.45	2.03	1.91	2.11	1.96	1.79	2.46	2.44	1.99

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