• 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

Yearly monitoring of the urban forest in Burlington, VT, using 200 permanent, randomly selected plots and the USDA Forest Service i-Tree Eco methodology. Data collected and analyzed by i-Tree Eco provide information on the relative abundance and importance of tree species, land use characteristics, net carbon sequestration, effects on energy use, carbon emissions, and other information useful for valuing and managing Burlington’s urban forest. Plots are regularly resurveyed to monitor for changes in condition and forest health.

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• -73.2732693439999, 44.53696341
• -73.2732693439999, 44.44596369

• Label: Location Name

• Description: Name of sample/inventory location (e.g., city name)

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Project Series

• Description: Description of project

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Year

• Description: Year of data collection

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: datetime

• Label: Plot ID Number

• Description: Plot number

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Address of plot

• Description: Address of Plot center or other information detailing location (e.g., Prospect Park)

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal
• String Format: YYYY

• Label: GPS Coordinate (X)

• Description: GIS coordinate X

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: degree
• Precision: 0.00001
• Unit: degree
• Number Type: real
• Bounds:
• Minimum: -180
• Maximum: 180

• Label: GPS Coordinate (Y)

• Description: GIS coordinates Y

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: degree
• Precision: 0.00001
• Unit: degree
• Number Type: real
• Bounds:
• Minimum: -90
• Maximum: 90

• Label: Land Use on Map ID

• Description: Land use on map

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Custom List: i-Tree Series Name
• Code: 1
• Definition: Single Strata

• Label: Date

• Description: date

• Storage Type: datetime

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: YYYY-MM-DD

• Label: Crew

• Description: Crew ID

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Plot Comments

• Description: Comments

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Directions to plot

• Description: Description of how to get to the plot

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: contact information

• Description: Contact Information

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Plot revision number

• Description: The revision number for the plot.

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Random plot location
  • Started: 2011-08-31
    
  • Method Description: 200 randomly-located 0.1 acre plots were established within Burlington
  Software: ArcGIS 10.0, i-Tree Eco

• Identify service learning plots
  • Started: 2011-08-31
    
  • Method Description: A subset of plots are measured by students in UVM's Natural History and Field Ecology course as a service learning project

• Setting reference objects
  • Started: 2011-08-31
    
  • Method Description: The plot center is rigorously identified using physical reference objects to allow surveyors to revisit these plots in the future and track changes over time.

• Identify and measure trees
  • Started: 2011-08-31
    
  • Method Description: Each tree in the plot is identified at least to genus and measured for height, diameter, crown height and width, percents dieback and missing, crown light exposure, and spatial relationship to nearby buildings.

• Assess land use and ground cover
  • Started: 2011-08-31
    
  • Method Description: Land use proportions and ground cover proportions on the plot are recorded.

• Process data
  • Started: 2011-08-31
    
  • Method Description: Data are submitted to the US Forest Service i-Tree Eco analysis service to generate city-wide estimates of the composition, condition and ecosystem services of the urban canopy in the city.

• Clinometer
• Started: 2011-08-31
  
• Sampling Description: Suunto clinometer

• Compass
• Started: 2011-08-31
  
• Sampling Description: Compass

• Diameter tape
• Started: 2011-08-31
  
• Sampling Description: Diameter tape

• GPS unit
• Started: 2011-08-31
  
• Sampling Description: Garmin Rino 530HCx GPS unit

• Plot establishment
• Started: 2011-08-31
  
• Sampling Description: 200 randomly-located 0.1 acre plots were established within Burlington