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FEMC Forest Health Monitoring Nested Plots
Name: FEMC Forest Health Monitoring Nested Plots
Description: The Forest Health Monitoring Program was established in 1991 as a joint effort between the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) and the Vermont Monitoring Cooperative (VMC) (as of March 2017 renamed to Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC)) to monitor the condition of a range of tree species in Vermont. Plot design follows the structure set by the National Forest Health Monitoring Program with additional metrics added to reflect improvements in monitoring technologies and additions to monitoring objectives in the states MA,NY,ME,CT.
Organization: Forest Ecosystems Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC)
Primary Contact: FEMC
Date: 2019-06-01 to present
States: MA,NY,ME,CT
Data Types Included: plot, tree, sapling, seedling
Program Link: https://uvm.edu/femc
Download Standardized Program Data & Files: fhmnested.zip
| Name | Definition |
|---|---|
| NEFIN Plot ID | plotID |
| Plot Projected Coordinate System | 4326: WGS 84 - WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984, used in GPS |
| NEFIN Tree ID | plotID + treeID |
| Tree Plot Type | fixed |
| Tree Plot Size (side length or radius) | 52.7 ft |
| Tree Plot Shape | circle |
| Tree Plot Area | 810.6 sqm |
| Tree Plot Expansion Factor | 0.0811 |
| Tree Min DBH | 5 in |
| NEFIN Sapling ID | plotID + subplotID +saplingID |
| Sapling Plot Size (side or radius) | 6 ft |
| Sapling Plot Shape | circle |
| Sapling Plot Area | 10.507 sqm |
| Sapling Plot Expansion Factor | 0.0042 |
| NEFIN Seedling ID | plotID + subplotID + seedlingID |
| Seedling Plot Size (side or radius) | 6 ft |
| Seedling Plot Shape | circle |
| Seedling Plot Area | 10.507 sqm |
| Seedling Plot Expansion Factor | 0.0042 |
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