Lichen Monitoring at Lye Brook and Mount Mansfield: Vermont Plot Condition Class 1991-1999
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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
A relatively new monitoring effort conducted by the Forests, Parks and Recreation uses epiphytic lichen community composition and abundance as a measure of forest health. The relative simplicity of lichens makes them ideal for use as indicators of forest response to environmental conditions.
► People
- Tom Simmons: Principal Investigator
- Sandra Wilmot: Principal Investigator
► Organizations
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service : lead
- Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation: partner
► Geographic Coverage
- Coordinates
► Data Table
- Title: Vermont Plot Condition Class 1991-1999
- Start Date: 1991-06-21
- End Date: 2002-08-01
- Description: The condition of each plot monitored during the project.
- Purpose: Determining a condition of plots in Vermont using land use class and forest type.
- Condensed Title: Z1136_2356_ZR4YB3
- Object Name: VMC.1136.2356
- Data Type: mySQL
- Citation: Matthew Gorton (2017) Vermont Plot Condition Class 1991-1999. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/lichen_monitoring_at_lye_brook_and_mount_mansfield/dataset/vermont-plot-condition-class-1991-1999
- Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/lichen_monitoring_at_lye_brook_and_mount_mansfield/dataset/vermont-plot-condition-class-1991-1999
► Attribute List
- Attribute Name: CONDITION_CLASS_CHANGE
- Label: CONDITION_CLASS_CHANGE
- Attribute Name: CONDITION_CLASS_NBR
- Label: CONDITION_CLASS_NBR
- Storage Type: int
- Attribute Name: COUNTY
- Label: COUNTY
- Storage Type: int
- Attribute Name: DISTURB_YEAR1
- Label: DISTURB_YEAR1
- Storage Type: int
- Attribute Name: DISTURB_YEAR2
- Label: DISTURB_YEAR2
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: DISTURB_YEAR3
- Label: DISTURB_YEAR3
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: FHM_SPECIES
- Label: FHM_SPECIES
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: FOREST_TYPE
- Label: FOREST_TYPE
- Storage Type: int
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Custom List: Forest_Type
- Code:
- Definition:
- Code: 800
- Definition: MAPLE-BEECH-BIRCH GROUP
- Code: 130
- Definition: Red spruce-balsam fir
- Code: 890
- Definition: Mixed northern hardwoods
- Code: 880
- Definition: N. hardwood reverting from field
- Code: 840
- Definition: Red maple-northern hardwoods
- Code: 810
- Definition: Sugar maple-beech-yellow birch
- Code: 998
- Definition: Indeterminate
- Code: 140
- Definition: Northern white-cedar
- Code: 30
- Definition: White pine
- Code: 930
- Definition: Gray birch
- Code: 50
- Definition: Hemlock
- Code: 40
- Definition: White pine-hemlock
- Code: 190
- Definition: Red spruce
- Attribute Name: FOREST_TYPE_DESCR
- Label: FOREST_TYPE_DESCR
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: HEXAGON_NBR
- Label: HEXAGON_NBR
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: LAND_USE_CLASS
- Label: LAND_USE_CLASS
- Storage Type: int
- Attribute Name: LAND_USE_CLASS_DESCR
- Label: LAND_USE_CLASS_DESCR
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: P3ID
- Label: P3ID
- Storage Type: int
- Attribute Name: PAST_DISTURB1
- Label: PAST_DISTURB1
- Storage Type: int
- Attribute Name: PAST_DISTURB2
- Label: PAST_DISTURB2
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: PAST_DISTURB3
- Label: PAST_DISTURB3
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: PLOT_AREA_PCT
- Label: PLOT_AREA_PCT
- Storage Type: decimal
- Attribute Name: PLOT_NBR
- Label: PLOT_NBR
- Attribute Name: PROJECT
- Label: PROJECT
- Attribute Name: PROJECT_DESCR
- Label: PROJECT_DESCR
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: SITE_TREE_AGE
- Label: SITE_TREE_AGE
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: SITE_TREE_HEIGHT
- Label: SITE_TREE_HEIGHT
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: SPECIES_COMMON_NAME
- Label: SPECIES_COMMON_NAME
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: STAND_AGE
- Label: STAND_AGE
- Storage Type: int
- Attribute Name: STAND_ORIGIN
- Label: STAND_ORIGIN
- Storage Type: int
- Attribute Name: STAND_SIZE_CLASS
- Label: STAND_SIZE_CLASS
- Storage Type: int
- Attribute Name: STATE
- Label: STATE
- Storage Type: int
- Attribute Name: STATE_ABBREV
- Label: STATE_ABBREV
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: STATE_DESCR
- Label: STATE_DESCR
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: YEAR
- Label: YEAR
- Storage Type: int
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► Sampling Equipment
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► Site Characteristics
- No site characteristics recorded for this dataset