Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Continuous Forest Inventory on the state forests in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont: Code Lists

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  • 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

    The Vermont State Continuous Forest Inventory is a data collection program with a comprehensive measure of tree health, growth, and decay within Vermont state lands. It serves as a baseline data set for a variety of tree growth, landscape models, and climate predictive models. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to use this data.

People

  • Emily Meacham: Principal Investigator

Organizations

  • Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation: partner

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    Data Table

    • Title: Code Lists
    • Start Date: 2015-06-01
    • Description: List of codes and their descriptions

    • Purpose: Key to species abbreviations,status,canopy strata,decay class, and type.

    • Condensed Title: Z0344_TblEnumerations

    • Object Name: VMC.344.2025

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Emily Meacham. 2017. Code Lists. VT Forests, Parks and Recreation. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/continuous-forest-inventory/dataset/vtcfi-code-lists

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/continuous-forest-inventory/dataset/vtcfi-code-lists

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: ListName
      • Label: List Name
      • Description: Type of code, eg. species or decay class
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Code
      • Label: Code
      • Description: The code as it appears in the data
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Species
      • Label: Species
      • Description: Tree Species
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • Species List: Vermont Continuous Forest Inventory Species Codes
        • Code: AB
          • Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
        • Code: AE
          • Definition: ITIS #19049, American elm (Ulmus americana)
        • Code: BA
          • Definition: ITIS #32945, black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
        • Code: BC
          • Definition: ITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)
        • Code: BE
          • Definition: ITIS #28749, boxelder (Acer negundo)
        • Code: BF
          • Definition: ITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
        • Code: BP
          • Definition: ITIS #22453, balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
        • Code: BS
          • Definition: ITIS #183302, black spruce; bog spruce (Picea mariana)
        • Code: BT
          • Definition: ITIS #22463, bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)
        • Code: BW
          • Definition: ITIS #21536, American basswood (Tilia americana)
        • Code: EH
          • Definition: ITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)
        • Code: GA
          • Definition: ITIS #32929, green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
        • Code: GB
          • Definition: ITIS #19497, gray birch (Betula populifolia)
        • Code: HH
          • Definition: ITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
        • Code: MM
          • Definition: ITIS #28758, mountain maple (Acer spicatum)
        • Code: PB
          • Definition: ITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
        • Code: PR
          • Definition: ITIS #24799, pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
        • Code: PY
          • Definition: ITIS #22445, Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
        • Code: QA
          • Definition: ITIS #195773, quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
        • Code: RM
          • Definition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
        • Code: RO
          • Definition: ITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
        • Code: RP
          • Definition: ITIS #183375, red pine (Pinus resinosa)
        • Code: RS
          • Definition: ITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)
        • Code: SE
          • Definition: ITIS #25108, serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)
        • Code: SM
          • Definition: ITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
        • Code: ST
          • Definition: ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
        • Code: SV
          • Definition: ITIS #28757, silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
        • Code: TA
          • Definition: ITIS #183412, tamarack (Larix laricina)
        • Code: WA
          • Definition: ITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)
        • Code: WC
          • Definition: ITIS #505490, arborvitae; eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
        • Code: WP
          • Definition: ITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
        • Code: WS
          • Definition: ITIS #183295, white spruce (Picea glauca)
        • Code: YB
          • Definition: ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
      Attribute Name: Description
      • Label: Description
      • Description: What the code describes
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • Standard Unit: -1
      • String Format: DD/MM/YYYY
      • Number Type: -1

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