• 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. In collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the FEMC expanded the Forest Health Monitoring program that has been running in Vermont for over 15 years to Massachusetts. In 2019 twenty forested plots were selected from the network of plots that MA DCR has maintained to monitor wood quality and yield on state lands since the 1960s. The goal is to establish a total of twenty-five plots by 2020. Plots were selected to be representative of MA forest composition and distributed across the state. The field crews measured tree demography, including saplings and seedlings, recorded browse, invasive species, and damages, and assessed crown health, among other metrics. Plots will be assessed on an annual basis to provide an early warning sign of forest stress and changes in demography. We thank Bill VanDoren and Nicole Keleher at MA DCR for help with this effort.

• Label: Azimuth

• Description: Direction from plot center to the tree

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: interval
• Precision: 1

• Label: Distance

• Description: Distance from subplot center to the tree

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.01

• Label: DistanceMethod

• Description: Method for measuring distance

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: OriginTreeID

• Description: Original Tree ID from MA DCR CFI project

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: PlotID

• Description: Plot Identification

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Species

• Description: Species identification number

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: nominal
• Precision: 1

• Species List: FHM Tree Species Codes (2018)
• • Code: 12
  • • Definition: ITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
  • Code: 57
  • • Definition: ITIS #18047, juniper; cedar (Juniperus sp.)
  • Code: 68
  • • Definition: ITIS #18048, eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
  • Code: 71
  • • Definition: ITIS #183412, tamarack (Larix laricina)
  • Code: 90
  • • Definition: ITIS #18033, spruce (Picea sp.)
  • Code: 91
  • • Definition: ITIS #183289, Norway spruce (Picea abies)
  • Code: 94
  • • Definition: ITIS #183295, white spruce (Picea glauca)
  • Code: 95
  • • Definition: ITIS #183302, black spruce; bog spruce (Picea mariana)
  • Code: 97
  • • Definition: ITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)
  • Code: 100
  • • Definition: ITIS #18035, pine (Pinus sp.)
  • Code: 105
  • • Definition: ITIS #183319, Jack pine (Pinus banksiana)
  • Code: 125
  • • Definition: ITIS #183375, red pine (Pinus resinosa)
  • Code: 126
  • • Definition: ITIS #183376, pitch pine (Pinus rigida)
  • Code: 129
  • • Definition: ITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
  • Code: 130
  • • Definition: ITIS #183389, Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
  • Code: 241
  • • Definition: ITIS #505490, arborvitae; eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
  • Code: 261
  • • Definition: ITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)
  • Code: 310
  • • Definition: ITIS #28727, maples (Acer sp.)
  • Code: 313
  • • Definition: ITIS #28749, boxelder (Acer negundo)
  • 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: 317
  • • Definition: ITIS #28757, silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
  • 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: 357
  • • Definition: ITIS #181888, speckled alder (Alnus incana)
  • Code: 355
  • • Definition: ITIS #19470, European alder (Alnus glutinosa)
  • Code: 356
  • • Definition: ITIS #25108, serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)
  • Code: 370
  • • Definition: ITIS #19478, birch (Betula sp.)
  • 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: 376
  • • Definition: ITIS #195222, mountain paper birch (Betula cordifolia)
  • Code: 379
  • • Definition: ITIS #19497, gray birch (Betula populifolia)
  • Code: 391
  • • Definition: ITIS #19504, American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
  • Code: 400
  • • Definition: ITIS #19223, hickory spp (Carya sp.)
  • Code: 402
  • • Definition: ITIS #19227, bitternut hickory; pignut (Carya cordiformis)
  • Code: 403
  • • Definition: ITIS #19231, pignut hickory; sweet pignut (Carya glabra)
  • Code: 407
  • • Definition: ITIS #19242, shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
  • Code: 409
  • • Definition: ITIS #19247, mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa)
  • Code: 421
  • • Definition: ITIS #19454, American chestnut (Castanea dentata)
  • Code: 531
  • • Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
  • Code: 540
  • • Definition: ITIS #32928, ash (Fraxinus sp.)
  • 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: 600
  • • Definition: ITIS #19248, walnut; nogal (Juglans sp.)
  • Code: 601
  • • Definition: ITIS #19250, butternut (Juglans cinerea)
  • Code: 602
  • • Definition: ITIS #19254, black walnut; noyer noir (Juglans nigra)
  • Code: 660
  • • Definition: ITIS #25254, apple (Malus sp.)
  • Code: 693
  • • Definition: ITIS #27821, black gum, black tupelo, blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)
  • 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: 760
  • • Definition: ITIS #24762, cherry, plum (Prunus sp.)
  • Code: 761
  • • Definition: ITIS #24799, pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
  • Code: 762
  • • Definition: ITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)
  • Code: 766
  • • Definition: ITIS #24763, American plum (Prunus americana)
  • Code: 763
  • • Definition: ITIS #24806, chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
  • Code: 800
  • • Definition: ITIS #19276, oak (Quercus sp.)
  • Code: 802
  • • Definition: ITIS #19290, white oak (Quercus alba)
  • Code: 804
  • • Definition: ITIS #19300, swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)
  • Code: 806
  • • Definition: ITIS #19288, scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)
  • Code: 816
  • • Definition: ITIS #19358, bear oak (Quercus ilicifolia)
  • Code: 823
  • • Definition: ITIS #19287, bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
  • Code: 826
  • • Definition: ITIS #19397, chinkapin oak (Quercus prinoides)
  • Code: 830
  • • Definition: ITIS #19281, pin oak (Quercus palustris)
  • Code: 832
  • • Definition: ITIS #19279, chestnut oak (Quercus prinus)
  • Code: 833
  • • Definition: ITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
  • Code: 835
  • • Definition: ITIS #19422, post oak (Quercus stellata)
  • Code: 837
  • • Definition: ITIS #19447, black oak (Quercus velutina)
  • Code: 901
  • • Definition: ITIS #504804, black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
  • Code: 920
  • • Definition: ITIS #22476, willow spp (Salix sp.)
  • Code: 931
  • • Definition: ITIS #18158, sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
  • 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: 975
  • • Definition: ITIS #19050, slippery elm (Ulmus rubra)
  • Code: 299
  • • Definition: ITIS #, Unknown softwood tree ( )
  • Code: 998
  • • Definition: ITIS #, Unknown hardwood tree ( )
  • Code: 999
  • • Definition: ITIS #, Unknown tree species ( )
  • Code: 977
  • • Definition: ITIS #19059, Rock elm (Ulmus thomasii)
  • Code: 8421
  • • Definition: ITIS #504706, Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)

• Label: TreeID

• Description: Tree Identification

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: nominal
• Precision: 1