Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service Green Mountain National ForestleadForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) partnerGreen Mountain National Forests Long-term Ecosystem Monitoring Project (LEMP)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.Green Mountain National Forests Long-term Ecosystem Monitoring Project (LEMP)BurbankDianeBurtNancyQuintanaAngelicaPoliMary BethGiffordSuzanneMcCannJohnlong term monitoringforestsforest healthforest inventorycontinuous forest inventory forest compositionCoarse Woody Debris data2008-01-012017-10-01Field data collected on coarse woody debris (CWD). CWD includes downed, dead tree and shrub boles, large limbs, and other woody pieces that are severed from their original source of growth and are on the ground. Wood pieces must be >3.0 inches in diameter at the point of intersection with the transect.To quantify the nature of dead and down material on plots in the LEMP network in order to monitor carbon sequestration and the storage and cycling of nutrients and water.Z0338_CWD_08_16VMC.338.2183mySQLGreen Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests. 2016. Coarse Woody Debris, Long-term Ecosystem Monitoring Project. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/green-mountain-national-forest-long-term/dataset/cwd-2008-2016https://www.uvm.edu/femc/CI4/data/archive/project/long-term-ecosystem-monitoring-program-gmfl/dataset/cwd-2008-2016DecayClassDecayClassA scale from 1 to 5 that determines how intact the coarse woody debris is. A 1 indicates a newly fallen specimen where as a 5 indicates a very decomposed specimen.intLargeEndDiameterLargeEndDiameterThis refers to the diameter of the larger end of the log or downed woody material. There is no maximum as indicated by a value of 999.decimal0.1rational0999LengthLengthThe length of any recorded downed woody debris. A minimum length of 3.0 feet is required for the debris to be counted. There is no maximum as indicated by a value of 999.decimal0.1rational3999PlotIDPlotIDPlotIDtextSmallEndDiameterSmallEndDiameterThe diameter of the smaller end of the downed woody material. There is no maximum as indicated by a value of 999.decimal0.1rational0999SpeciesSpeciesA code that coordinates to a particular species of tree.textSubplotIDSubplotIDThere are 4 subplots that make up a plot. They are labeled 1 through 4.textTransectAutoIDTransectAutoIDTransect ID numberstextTransectDiameterTransectDiameterThe diameter of CWD at the point it crosses the transect. There is no maximum as indicated by a value of 999.decimal0.1rational0999YearYearYear the data was collected.dateYYYY