Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaVermont Nature Conservancy partnerShaw Mountain Ice Storm Study 1998-2002This study tracks forest response to an ice storm. The forest inventory plots, established in 1998 are located at the Nature Conservancy's Shaw Mountain Natural Area in Benson, VT. Used to study the impacts of this disturbance on forest structure and composition. Response variables include abiotic conditions, soil, downed woody material, canopy cover and light penetration, canopy composition, tree recruitment, tree vitality analysis, seedling density by species and height, tree diameter analysis, basal area of trees, and herbaceous layer after an ice storm. Four 20x20m plots were located at 190-215 m elevation, two in heavily ice-damaged forest and two in lightly damaged forest (controls).Shaw Mountain Ice Storm Study 1998-2002GravesJamesforest inventoryice stormforest regenerationdisturbanceSeedling Density with Fewer Height Classes1998-07-142002-07-15Seedling density with fewer height classes ((0)=less than 0.5 meters, (5)=0 to 1.3 meters) for the Shaw Mountain Ice Storm Study, 1998-2002.Z1341_2723_5XU9WLVMC.1341.2723mySQLJames Graves (2002) Seedling Density with Fewer Height Classes. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/shaw_mountain_ice_storm_study/dataset/seedling_densityhttps://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/shaw_mountain_ice_storm_study/dataset/seedling_density4-plot_Mean4-plot MeanRubus species are excludedint1wholeControl_MeanControl MeanRubus species are excludedint1wholeHeight_ClassHeight Class(0)=less than 0.5 meters, (5)=0 to 1.3 metersintIced_MeanIced MeanRubus species are excludedint1wholePlot_1Plot 1Plot 1, ice (heavy ice damage) seedling density (#/ha)int1Plot_2Plot 2Plot 2, ice (heavy ice damage) seedling density (#/ha)int1Plot_3Plot 3Plot 3, control (light ice damage) seedling density (#/ha)int1Plot_4Plot 4Plot 4, control (light ice damage) seedling density (#/ha)int1SpeciesSpeciestextSpecies_CodeSpecies_CodeintACSAITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)BESPITIS #19478, birch (Betula sp.)CACOITIS #19227, bitternut hickory; pignut (Carya cordiformis)CAOVITIS #19242, shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)FAGRITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)FRAMITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)JUVIITIS #18048, eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)LOMOITIS #35299, Morrow's honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)LOspITIS #35281, honeysuckle (Lonicera sp.)OSVIITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)PAQUITIS #28602, American ivy (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)PISTITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)POGRITIS #22463, bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)PRSPITIS #24762, cherry, plum (Prunus sp.)QURUITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)RHCAITIS #28573, Carolina buckthorn; European buckthorn; European waythorn; Hart's thorn; nerprun cathartique; common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)TIAMITIS #21536, American basswood (Tilia americana)VISPITIS #28606, grape (Vitis sp.)ALLSP #, ( )YearYearint