National Capital Region Network 2007 Forest Vegetation Monitoring Report
Schmit JP and Campbell JP. 2008. National Capital Region Network 2007 Forest Vegetation Monitoring Report. Natural Resource Technical Report. NPS/NCRN/NRTR—2008/125. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report presents a summary of the forest condition data collected in 2007 by the National Capital Region Network Inventory and Monitoring Program. Forest condition was monitored on 100 forest plots randomly located throughout the National Capital Region. This data is part of a long term forest monitoring effort that will include 400 forest plots. One hundred plots will be monitored each year, and any particular plot will be monitored once every four years. As this is the first time that these plots are monitored only status data but not trend data is available.In 2007, information was collected in nine of the eleven parks in the network. The data collected includes information on the distribution, abundance and basal area of trees, saplings, shrubs and seedlings and the quantity of coarse woody debris. Data was also collected on threats to the forests, such as insect pests and exotic invasive plant species.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Schmit, John; Campbell, J.
- Date of Issue
- 2008-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ANTI , CATO , CHOH , GWMP , HAFE , MANA , NACE , NCRN , NRSS , PRWI , ROCR
- Keywords
- Abundance (Biodiversity), Distribution (Biodiversity), Forest, Forest Monitor, forest monitoring, Forests, Health, Mid-Atlantic, National Capital Region Network, Observations, Presence (Biodiversity), Vegetation, Vital Signs