• 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

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.

• -73.08333, 43.0544
• -72.77976988, 43.0544
• -72.77976988, 44.534658
• -73.08333, 44.534658
• -73.08333, 43.0544

• Label: Count

• Description: Frequency of specific species occurence

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: number
• Precision: 1
• Unit: number
• Number Type: integer

• Label: Live or Dead

• Description: Designation of trees as live or dead

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Plot ID

• Description: Plot ID

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Subplot ID

• Description: Subplot ID

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: nominal
• Unit: number

• Label: Year

• Description: Year

• Storage Type: datetime

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: YYYY

• Label: Species

• Description: Species Code

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: nominal
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Number Type: -1

• Species List: VT FHM Prism Measurement Species
• • Code: 12
  • • Definition: ITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
  • Code: 90
  • • Definition: ITIS #18033, spruce (Picea sp.)
  • Code: 95
  • • Definition: ITIS #183302, black spruce; bog spruce (Picea mariana)
  • Code: 97
  • • Definition: ITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)
  • Code: 129
  • • Definition: ITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
  • Code: 241
  • • Definition: ITIS #505490, arborvitae; eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
  • Code: 261
  • • Definition: ITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)
  • Code: 299
  • • Definition: ITIS #, Unknown softwood tree ( )
  • Code: 310
  • • Definition: ITIS #28727, maples (Acer sp.)
  • Code: 314
  • • Definition: ITIS #182135, black sugar maple (Acer nigrum)
  • Code: 315
  • • Definition: ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
  • Code: 316
  • • Definition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
  • Code: 318
  • • Definition: ITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
  • Code: 319
  • • Definition: ITIS #28758, mountain maple (Acer spicatum)
  • Code: 320
  • • Definition: ITIS #28755, Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
  • Code: 350
  • • Definition: ITIS #19466, alnus spp. (Alnus sp.)
  • Code: 351
  • • Definition: ITIS #19474, red alder (Alnus rubra)
  • Code: 371
  • • Definition: ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
  • Code: 372
  • • Definition: ITIS #19487, sweet birch (Betula lenta)
  • Code: 375
  • • Definition: ITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
  • Code: 378
  • • Definition: ITIS #183548, northwestern paper birch (Betula X utahensis)
  • Code: 379
  • • Definition: ITIS #19497, gray birch (Betula populifolia)
  • Code: 400
  • • Definition: ITIS #19223, hickory spp (Carya sp.)
  • Code: 402
  • • Definition: ITIS #19227, bitternut hickory; pignut (Carya cordiformis)
  • Code: 407
  • • Definition: ITIS #19242, shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
  • Code: 531
  • • Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
  • Code: 541
  • • Definition: ITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)
  • Code: 543
  • • Definition: ITIS #32945, black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
  • Code: 544
  • • Definition: ITIS #32929, green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
  • Code: 701
  • • Definition: ITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
  • Code: 740
  • • Definition: ITIS #22444, cottonwood (Populus sp.)
  • Code: 742
  • • Definition: ITIS #22445, Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
  • Code: 743
  • • Definition: ITIS #22463, bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)
  • Code: 746
  • • Definition: ITIS #195773, quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
  • Code: 761
  • • Definition: ITIS #24799, pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
  • Code: 762
  • • Definition: ITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)
  • Code: 802
  • • Definition: ITIS #19290, white oak (Quercus alba)
  • Code: 832
  • • Definition: ITIS #195058, chestnut oak ( Quercus prinus)
  • Code: 833
  • • Definition: ITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
  • Code: 837
  • • Definition: ITIS #19447, black oak (Quercus velutina)
  • Code: 935
  • • Definition: ITIS #25319, American mountain-ash (Sorbus americana)
  • Code: 951
  • • Definition: ITIS #21536, American basswood (Tilia americana)
  • Code: 972
  • • Definition: ITIS #19049, American elm (Ulmus americana)
  • Code: 998
  • • Definition: ITIS #, Unknown hardwood tree ( )
  • Code: 999
  • • Definition: ITIS #827, (Entophysalis sp.)

• Plot establishment
  • Started: 1991-05-01
    
  • Method Description: One plot established at Proctor Maple Research Center in 1991.

• Unnamed Method
  • Started: 1992-05-01
    
  • Method Description: Eight plots on west slope of Mt. Mansfield paired at 4 elevations: 1400, 2200, 3000, and 3800 feet. Used to assess changes in crown condition, injury to crown and bole, growth, regeneration, understory cover.

• Unnamed Method
  • Started: 1990-05-01
    
  • Method Description: One plot established in the Lye Brook Wilderness Area as part of the National Forest Health Monitoring Program at 2300 ft.

• Unnamed Method
  • Started: 1994-05-01
    
  • Method Description: Four plots in the Lye Brook Wilderness Area paired at 1400 and 2300 feet, in addition to the NFHM plot at 2300 feet.

• Unnamed Method
  • Started: 1997-05-01
    
  • Method Description: Six plots established in 1997 on the east slope of the mountain in Ranch Valley paired at 1400, 2200, and 3000 feet.

• Ice storm effects
  • Started: 1998-01-30
    Ended: 1998-06-01
    
  • Method Description: In 1998, conducted special spring survey on plots affected by the January ice storm. Measurements included bole breakage and crown loss (%).