| Title: |
Permanent Sample Plots for
Baseline Vegetation Monitoring Plots in New Hampshire and
Vermont
|
| Objective: |
To study serial changes in vegetation. |
| Year Established: |
1993 |
| Year Completed: |
expected to continue |
| Site Description: |
Bowl Research Natural Area in the town of Waterville, NH.
level uniformly sloping area.
Areas disturbed by human intervention no less than 200 years
ago.
Elevation: ~1950'
Old-growth forests (>200 years) located on fine till and fine
sandy loam soil derived from granite drift. |
| Statistical Design: |
2 1000-meters squared plots will be located in an area void
of boundaries (e.g., roads) documented on USGS topographic quadrangles
or other readily available maps. |
| Likelihood of Locating
Study Areas: |
100% |
| Experimental Treatments: |
To be determined |
| Sampling Methods: |
To be determined |
| Variables and Sampling
Frequency: |
~5-yr. intervals.
Vegetation Transects: 44.7m
Total Veg: understory <13.5" tall classified by species;
saplings <9.95cm c.b..h and > 13.7cm tall by species; trees
>9.95 cm d.b.h. will be marked. |
| QA/QC Practices: |
Corner posts of plots will be marked with PVC pipe in ground.
Plots will be 100-400m from one of the corners of the first
plot. |
| Data Storage: |
summarized on disc using Supercard software. |
| Global Change Research
Applications: |
Studies of Ecosystem Processes |
| Data Availability: |
unknown |
| Publications and
Reports: |
none to date. |
| Contact: |
Dave Funk, USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 640, Durham NH 03824.
(603) 868-7656 |
| Cooperation: |
none |
