Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Burlington Urban Forest Monitoring 2016 (i-Tree): Plot Level Information for 2016 i-Tree (Access Database)

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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

    In 2016, students from the University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources NR-1 class collaborated with the Vermont Monitoring Cooperative (VMC, now called the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative or FEMC), Vermont Urban and Community Forestry, and the Burlington Parks and Recreation Department to conduct a forest inventory within three public parks in Burlington, Vermont – Oakledge Park, McKenzie Park and land formerly owned by Burlington College.

People

  • John Truong: Principal Investigator

Keywords

  • forest, tree health, trees, urban, vermont,

Organizations

  • Vermont Monitoring Cooperative : lead
  • University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources: volunteers

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates

    Data Table

    • Title: Plot Level Information for 2016 i-Tree (Access Database)
    • Start Date: 2016-09-06
    • Description: An access database that holds all the plot level data that went into i-Tree eco which was used to generate a report on the forest health of the Burlington, VT urban forests.

    • Purpose: Utilizing this data to generate a report on the forest health of the Burlington, VT urban forests.

    • Condensed Title: 20170627133834_Burlington_ITree_Input_2016.mdb

    • Object Name: VMC.1129.2340

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: J. Truong. 2017. Plot Level Information for 2016 i-Tree (Access Database). University of Vermont. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/2016_i-Tree/dataset/burlington_itree_nput-database

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/2016_i-Tree/dataset/burlington_itree_nput-database

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Cover_Types
      • Label: CoverTypes
      • Description: Cover ID for the 10 plot cover types used by i-Tree. Cover must equal to 100% at each plot based on a combination of different cover types.
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Customized_Element_Price
      • Label: CustomizedElementPrice
      • Description: This table contains the Location Name, Series, Year, Element, and Price of the element. This table contains the information that contributes to the services portion of the report.
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Field_Land_Use
      • Label: FieldLandUse
      • Description: This table contains the land use of each plot within the study.
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: GroundCovers
      • Label: Ground Covers
      • Description: This table contains a description of the ground cover for each plot within the study. Each ground cover type was given a percent cover rating.
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Location
      • Label: Location
      • Description: This table contains information on the general location of the study plots.
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: MapLandUseDescriptions
      • Label: Map Land Use Descriptions
      • Description: This table contains information on the size of each of the 3 main land uses (interior, transition, and open) in acres.
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Unit: acre
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Plots
      • Label: Plots
      • Description: This table contains information about each of the plots within the study area (location name, series, year, plotid, address, coordinates, date surveyed. crew, comments).
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Reference_Objects
      • Label: ReferenceObject
      • Description: This table contains information about the reference objects used to locate plot center of each plot, information such as directions (azimuth), distance, the type of object, DBH if applicable, and any helpful notes.
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Subplots
      • Label: Subplots
      • Description: This table contains information about each of the subplots such as the plot ID number, subplot size, tree cover, shrub cover, percent planted, and percent measured.
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Tree_Diameters
      • Label: Tree Diameters
      • Description: This table contains the stem diameters of all the trees measured within each plot.
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.1
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Unit: inches
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Trees
      • Label: Trees
      • Description: This table contains all the tree health information such as direction, distance, tree status, species, heights, crown widths, crown light exposure, percent crown missing, percent dieback, percent impervious, percent shrub, and any additional tree notes.
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Unit: inches
      • Number Type: -1

    Methods

    • No methods recorded for this dataset

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • Site Description: Burlington College



    • Site Description: Oakledge Park



    • Site Description: McKenzie Park