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 regenerationdisturbanceTree Diameter Analysis1998-07-142002-07-15Tree diameter analysis and annual percent changes between 1998-2002 on Shaw Mountain, VT. Elevation 190-215m.Z1341_2735_T9MWKBVMC.1341.2735mySQLJames Graves (2002) Tree diameter analysis, 1998-2002. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/shaw_mountain_ice_storm_study/dataset/tree-diameter-analysis-1998-2002-1https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/shaw_mountain_ice_storm_study/dataset/tree-diameter-analysis-1998-2002-119981998Average diameter at breast height (cm).decimal0.0000000119991999Average diameter at breast height (cm).decimal0.0000000120002000Average diameter at breast height (cm).decimal0.0000000120012001Average diameter at breast height (cm).decimal0.0000000120022002Average diameter at breast height (cm).decimal0.000000011998-19991998-1999Percent diameter change between 1998 and 1999.decimal0.000000011999-20001999-2000Percent diameter change between 1999 and 2000.decimal0.000000012000-20012000-2001Percent diameter change between 2000 and 2001.decimal0.000000012001-20022001-2002Percent diameter change between 2001 and 2002.decimal0.00000001n1998Number in 1998Number of samples from 1998.int1PlotPlotPlot: 1 and 2 with heavy ice damage, 3 and 4 as controls with less ice damage. textSpeciesSpeciesACSA; Acer saccharum, BELE; Betula lenta, BEPA; Betula papyrifera, CACA; Carpinus caroliniana, CACO; Carya cordiformis, CAOV; Carya ovata, FRAM; Fraxinus americana, OSVI; Ostrya virginiana.text