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HF048

Hemlock Understory Vegetation Plots at Harvard Forest since 2002

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Detailed Metadata

hf048-01: o-layer

  1. plot: plot code
    • HG1: 20m x 20m plot within hemlock woodlot mapped plot on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 2 (the one with the huge O layer closest to BG swamp)
    • HG2: 20m x 20m plot within hemlock woodlot mapped plot (has lots of hemlock seedlings)
    • HG3: 20m x 20m plot just outside hemlock woodlot
    • PH2: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 2
    • PH7: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 7
    • SC1: 20m x 20m plot hemlock plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC2: 20m x 20m plot Jenkins plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC3: 20m x 20m plot Jenkins plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC9: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC10: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Slab City Tract, Compartment 10
  2. subplot: number of 1m2 subplot
  3. year: year of measurement
  4. o.layer: depth of organic soil layer to the nearest 0.5 cm (unit: centimeter / missing value: NA)

hf048-02: substrate

  1. plot: plot code
    • HG1: : 20m x 20m plot within hemlock woodlot mapped plot on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 2 (the one with the huge O layer closest to BG swamp)
    • HG2: 20m x 20m plot within hemlock woodlot mapped plot (has lots of hemlock seedlings)
    • HG3: 20m x 20m plot just outside hemlock woodlot
    • PH2: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 2
    • PH7: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 7
    • SC1: 20m x 20m plot hemlock plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC2: 20m x 20m plot Jenkins plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC3: 20m x 20m plot Jenkins plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC9: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC10: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Slab City Tract, Compartment 10
  2. subplot: number of 1m2 subplot
  3. year: year of measurement
  4. rock: percent cover of rocks (except for 2002, estimated to the nearest 5%) (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  5. tree: percent cover of tree stem (except for 2002, estimated to the nearest 5%) (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  6. down.wood: percent cover of down wood (except for 2002, estimated to the nearest 5%) (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)

hf048-03: herb

  1. year: year of measurement
  2. plot: plot code
    • HG1: 20m x 20m plot within hemlock woodlot mapped plot on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 2 (the one with the huge O layer closest to BG swamp)
    • HG2: 20m x 20m plot within hemlock woodlot mapped plot (has lots of hemlock seedlings)
    • HG3: 20m x 20m plot just outside hemlock woodlot
    • PH2: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 2
    • PH7: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 7
    • SC1: 20m x 20m plot hemlock plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC2: 20m x 20m plot Jenkins plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC3: 20m x 20m plot Jenkins plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC9: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC10: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Slab City Tract, Compartment 10
  3. subplot: number of 1m2 subplot
  4. aranud: percent cover of Aralia nudicaulis. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  5. aritri: percent cover of Arisaema triphyllum. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  6. clibor: percent cover of Clintonia borealis. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  7. coptri: percent cover of Coptis trifolia. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  8. denpun: percent cover of Dennstaedtia punctilobula. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  9. dryspi: percent cover of Dryopteris spinulosa. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  10. epirep: percent cover of Epigaea repens. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  11. galspe: percent cover of Galium species. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  12. hupluc: percent cover of Huperzia lucidula. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  13. maican: percent cover of Maianthemum canadense. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  14. medvir: percent cover of Medeola virginiana. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  15. monuni: percent cover of Monotropa uniflora. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  16. osmcin: percent cover of Osmunda cinnanoneum. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  17. oxaspe: percent cover of Oxalis species. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  18. lysbor: percent cover of Lysimachia borealis. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  19. triund: percent cover of Trillium undulatum. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  20. uvuses: percent cover of Uvularia sessilifolia. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  21. unk: percent cover of unknown species. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  22. carspe: percent cover of Carex (to genus only). Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  23. gootes: percent cover of Goodyera tesselata. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  24. lycuni: percent cover of Lycopus uniflorus. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)

hf048-04: shrub

  1. year: year of measurement
  2. plot: plot code
    • HG1: 20m x 20m plot within hemlock woodlot mapped plot on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 2 (the one with the huge O layer closest to BG swamp)
    • HG2: 20m x 20m plot within hemlock woodlot mapped plot (has lots of hemlock seedlings)
    • HG3: 20m x 20m plot just outside hemlock woodlot
    • PH2: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 2
    • PH7: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 7
    • SC1: 20m x 20m plot hemlock plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC2: 20m x 20m plot Jenkins plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC3: 20m x 20m plot Jenkins plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC9: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC10: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Slab City Tract, Compartment 10
  3. subplot: number of 1m2 subplot
  4. gaupro: percent cover of Gaultheria procumbens. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  5. mitrep: percent cover of Mitchella repens. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  6. ilemuc: percent cover of Ilex mucronata. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  7. rhopri: percent cover of Rhododendron periclymenoides. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  8. vacang: percent cover of Vaccinium angustifolium. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  9. viblan: percent cover of Viburnum lantanoides. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  10. vaccor: percent cover of Vaccinium corymbosum. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  11. unk: percent cover of an unknown shrub. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)

hf048-05: seedling density

  1. year: year of measurement
  2. plot: plot code
    • HG1: 20m x 20m plot within hemlock woodlot mapped plot on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 2 (the one with the huge O layer closest to BG swamp)
    • HG2: 20m x 20m plot within hemlock woodlot mapped plot on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 2 (the one with the huge O layer closest to BG swamp)
    • HG3: 20m x 20m plot just outside hemlock woodlot
    • PH2: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 2
    • PH7: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 7
    • SC1: 20m x 20m plot hemlock plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC2: 20m x 20m plot Jenkins plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC3: 20m x 20m plot Jenkins plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC9: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC10: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Slab City Tract, Compartment 10
  3. subplot: number of 1m2 subplot
  4. acru: number of Acer rubrum seedlings observed in the 1m2 plot (unit: number / missing value: NA)
  5. bele.beal: number of Betula lenta or Betula alleghaniensis (difficult to distinguish as seedlings) seedlings observed in the 1m2 plot (unit: number / missing value: NA)
  6. bepa: number of Betula papyrifera seedlings observed in the 1m2 plot (unit: number / missing value: NA)
  7. fagr: number of Fagus grandifolis seedlings observed in the 1m2 plot (unit: number / missing value: NA)
  8. nysy: number of Nyssa sylvatica seedlings observed in the 1m2 plot (unit: number / missing value: NA)
  9. piru: number of Picea rubens seedlings observed in the 1m2 plot (unit: number / missing value: NA)
  10. pist: number of Pinus strobus seedlings observed in the 1m2 plot (unit: number / missing value: NA)
  11. prse: number of Prunus serotina seedlings observed in the 1m2 plot (unit: number / missing value: NA)
  12. quru: number of Quercus rubra seedlings observed in the 1m2 plot (unit: number / missing value: NA)
  13. tsca: number of Tsuga canadensis seedlings observed in the 1m2 plot (unit: number / missing value: NA)
  14. unk: number of seedlings of unknown species observed in the 1m2 plot (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  15. acpe: number of seedlings of Acer pensylvanicum observed in the 1m2 plot (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)

hf048-06: seedling cover

  1. year: year of measurement
  2. plot: plot code
    • HG1: 20m x 20m plot within hemlock woodlot mapped plot on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 2 (the one with the huge O layer closest to BG swamp)
    • HG2: 20m x 20m plot within hemlock woodlot mapped plot (has lots of hemlock seedlings)
    • HG3: 20m x 20m plot just outside hemlock woodlot
    • PH2: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 2
    • PH7: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 7
    • SC1: 20m x 20m plot hemlock plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC2: 20m x 20m plot Jenkins plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC3: 20m x 20m plot Jenkins plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC9: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC10: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Slab City Tract, Compartment 10
  3. subplot: number of 1m2 subplot
  4. acru: percent cover of Acer rubrum. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  5. bele.beal: percent cover of Betula lenta or Betula alleghaniensis (difficult to distinguish as seedlings). Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  6. bepa: percent cover of Betula papyrifera. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  7. fagr: percent cover of Fagus grandifolis. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  8. nysy: percent cover of Nyssa sylvatica. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  9. piru: percent cover of Picea rubens. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  10. pist: percent cover of Pinus strobus. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  11. prse: percent cover of Prunus serotina. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  12. quru: percent cover of Quercus rubra. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  13. tsca: percent cover of Tsuga canadensis. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  14. unk: percent cover of unknown species. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
  15. acpe: percent cover of Acer pensylvanicum. Cover was recorded to the nearest 1%. A cover % of 0.5% was assigned to species present within a subplot but with less than 1% cover. (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)

hf048-07: sapling

  1. year: year of measurement
  2. plot: plot code
    • HG1: 20m x 20m plot within hemlock woodlot mapped plot on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 2 (the one with the huge O layer closest to BG swamp)
    • HG2: 20m x 20m plot within hemlock woodlot mapped plot (has lots of hemlock seedlings)
    • HG3: 20m x 20m plot just outside hemlock woodlot
    • PH2: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 2
    • PH7: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment 7
    • SC1: 20m x 20m plot hemlock plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC10: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Slab City Tract, Compartment 10
    • SC2: 20m x 20m plot Jenkins plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC3: 20m x 20m plot Jenkins plot on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
    • SC9: 30m x 30m hemlock history plot located on Slab City Tract, Compartment 9
  3. species: species
    • ACPE: Acer pensylvanicum
    • ACRU: Acer rubrum
    • BELE: Betula lenta
    • CADE: Castanea dentata
    • FAGR: Fagus grandifolia
    • FRNI: Fraxinus nigra
    • TSCA: Tsuga canadensis
  4. status: status
    • L: live
    • D: dead (dead saplings not counted in 2022)
  5. hwa: hemlock woolly adelgid (measured on TSCA only, based on visual inspection of branches within reach)
    • 1: present
    • 0: absent
  6. number: number of stems in the 20x20 or 30x30 m plot (unit: number / missing value: NA)
  7. plot.size: size of plot (unit: hectare / missing value: NA)
  8. num.ha: number of stems on a per hectare basis (unit: number / missing value: NA)
  9. note: note

hf048-08: species distribution

  1. type: vegetation type
    • F: ferns / lycopods
    • G: graminoids
    • H: herbs
    • S: shrubs
    • T: trees
  2. name.Haines.2011: species name (Latin)
  3. old.name: older Latin name used in past surveys
  4. common.name: common name of the plant
  5. hg1.02: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2002
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  6. hg2.02: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2002
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  7. hg3.02: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2002
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  8. ph2.02: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2002
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  9. ph7.02: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2002
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  10. sc9.02: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2002
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  11. sc10.02: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2002
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  12. sc1.02: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2002
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  13. sc2.02: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2002
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  14. sc3.02: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2002
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  15. ph2.12: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2012
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  16. ph7.12: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2012
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  17. sc9.12: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2012
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  18. sc10.12: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2012
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  19. hg1.16: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2016
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  20. hg2.16: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2016
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  21. hg3.16: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2016
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  22. ph2.16: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2016
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  23. ph7.16: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2016
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  24. sc9.16: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2016
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  25. sc10.16: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2016
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  26. ph2.22: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2022
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  27. ph7.22: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2022
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  28. sc9.22: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2022
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
  29. sc10.22: presence or absence of each species in the plot in 2022
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present