Vegetation Community Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure 10: Measuring Midstory and Overstory Trees, version 3.1
Leis SA, DeBacker MD, Morrison LW, Rowell GA, Haack JL. 2025. Vegetation Community Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure 10: Measuring Midstory and Overstory Trees, version 3.1. HTLN
This SOP gives step-by-step instructions for sampling the tree species located in the woodland layers of vegetation monitoring sites. Canopy cover was formerly included in this SOP but has been extracted into its own SOP 9-Measuring Overstory Canopy.
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- Leis, Sherry; DeBacker, Mike; Morrison, Lloyd; Rowell, Gareth; Haack, Jennifer
- Date of Issue
- 2025-02
- Publisher
- HTLN
- Units
- EFMO , GWCA , HEHO , HOME , HOSP , HTLN , LIBO , PERI , PIPE , TAPR , WICR
- Keywords
- fire ecology, monitoring, oak woodland, plant community, procedure, tallgrass prairie, vegetation, woodland
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Grassland/Herbaceous Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex