Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service leadVermont Agency of Natural Resources Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and RecreationpartnerLichen Monitoring at Lye Brook and Mount MansfieldA 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.Lichen Monitoring at Lye Brook and Mount MansfieldSimmonsTomWilmotSandraabundancelichensforest healthVermont Plot Condition Class 1991-19991991-06-212002-08-01The condition of each plot monitored during the project.Determining a condition of plots in Vermont using land use class and forest type. Z1136_2356_ZR4YB3VMC.1136.2356mySQLMatthew 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-1991-1999https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/lichen_monitoring_at_lye_brook_and_mount_mansfield/dataset/vermont-plot-condition-class-1991-1999CONDITION_CLASS_CHANGECONDITION_CLASS_CHANGECONDITION_CLASS_NBRCONDITION_CLASS_NBRintCOUNTYCOUNTYintDISTURB_YEAR1DISTURB_YEAR1intDISTURB_YEAR2DISTURB_YEAR2textDISTURB_YEAR3DISTURB_YEAR3textFHM_SPECIESFHM_SPECIEStextFOREST_TYPEFOREST_TYPEint800MAPLE-BEECH-BIRCH GROUP130Red spruce-balsam fir890Mixed northern hardwoods880N. hardwood reverting from field840Red maple-northern hardwoods810Sugar maple-beech-yellow birch998Indeterminate140Northern white-cedar30White pine930Gray birch50Hemlock40White pine-hemlock190Red spruceFOREST_TYPE_DESCRFOREST_TYPE_DESCRtextHEXAGON_NBRHEXAGON_NBRtextLAND_USE_CLASSLAND_USE_CLASSintLAND_USE_CLASS_DESCRLAND_USE_CLASS_DESCRtextP3IDP3IDintPAST_DISTURB1PAST_DISTURB1intPAST_DISTURB2PAST_DISTURB2textPAST_DISTURB3PAST_DISTURB3textPLOT_AREA_PCTPLOT_AREA_PCTdecimalPLOT_NBRPLOT_NBRPROJECTPROJECTPROJECT_DESCRPROJECT_DESCRtextSITE_TREE_AGESITE_TREE_AGEtextSITE_TREE_HEIGHTSITE_TREE_HEIGHTtextSPECIES_COMMON_NAMESPECIES_COMMON_NAMEtextSTAND_AGESTAND_AGEintSTAND_ORIGINSTAND_ORIGINintSTAND_SIZE_CLASSSTAND_SIZE_CLASSintSTATESTATEintSTATE_ABBREVSTATE_ABBREVtextSTATE_DESCRSTATE_DESCRtextYEARYEARint