PN

• Label: Plot Number
• Definition: The plot number (value between 1-20) within the deer exclosure plot.
• Type: Nominal
• Missing values: None specified

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SPN

• Label: Subplot Number
• Definition: Subplot number (1-8) indicating subdivision of the plots within the deer exclosure plot.
• Type: Nominal
• Missing values: None specified

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TYPE

• Label: Vegetation Type
• Definition: Type of vegetation: 1 = Trees, 2 = Woody Shrubs, 3 = Herbaceous, 4 = Graminae, 5 = Miscellaneous
• Type: Code list
• Codes:
  • 1 = Trees
  • 2 = Woody Shrubs
  • 3 = Herbaceous
  • 4 = Graminae
  • 5 = Miscellaneous
• Missing values: None specified

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SP

• Label: Burn Plot Species Codes
• Definition: Species codes used in UMBS deer enclosure treatment and control plots in July 1997 and September 1999. A prescribed burn was conducted in 1998.
• Type: Code list
• Codes:
  • 1 = Acer rubrum < 40 cm (red maple < 40 cm)
  • 2 = Acer rubrum >40 cm (red maple >40 cm)
  • 3 = Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
  • 4 = Betula papyrifera (white birch)
  • 5 = Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
  • 6 = Pinus banksiana (jack pine)
  • 7 = Pinus resinosa (red pine)
  • 8 = Pinus strobus (white pine)
  • 9 = Pinus strobus stumps (white pine stumps)
  • 10 = Populus grandidentata (bigtooth aspen)
  • 11 = Prunus serotina (black cherry)
  • 12 = Quercus rubra < 40 cm (red oak < 40 cm)
  • 13 = Quercus rubra > 40 cm (red oak > 40 cm)
  • 14 = Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock)
  • 15 = Acer pensylvanicum (striped maple)
  • 16 = Amelanchier spp (Serviceberry)
  • 17 = Chimaphila umbellata (pipsissewa, prince's-pine)
  • 18 = Diervilla lonicera (bush-honeysuckle)
  • 19 = Epigaea repens (trailing arbutus)
  • 20 = Gaultheria procumbens (wintergreen, teaberry)
  • 21 = Gaylussacia baccata (black huckleberry)
  • 22 = Lonicera canadensis (fly honeysuckle)
  • 23 = Vaccinium angustifolium (low sweet blueberry)
  • 24 = Vaccinium myrtilloides (velvetleaf, Canada blueberry)
  • 25 = Viburnum acerifolium (mapleleaf viburnum)
  • 26 = Antennaria spp (Pussy-toes)
  • 27 = Apocynum androsaemifolium (Dogbane)
  • 28 = Aster macrophylla (big-leaved aster)
  • 29 = Aster spp (Aster)
  • 30 = Commandra umbellata (bastard toadflax)
  • 31 = Convovulus spp (Bindweed)
  • 32 = Cypripedium spp (Lady slipper)
  • 33 = Hieracium aurantiacum (orange hawkweed)
  • 34 = Hieracium floribundum (smoothish hawkweed)
  • 35 = Hieracium venosum (veined hawkweed)
  • 36 = Maianthemum canadense (false lily-of-the-valley)
  • 37 = Melampyrum lineare (cow-wheat)
  • 38 = Monotropa heterophylla (Indian pipe)
  • 39 = Pyrola elliptica (shinleaf)
  • 40 = Solidago spp (Goldenrod)
  • 41 = Trientalis borealis (star-flower)
  • 42 = Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge)
  • 43 = Danthonia spicata (oat grass)
  • 44 = Oryzopsis asperifolia (rice-grass)
  • 45 = Panicum columbianum (panic grass)
  • 46 = Panicum depauperatum (panic grass)
  • 47 = Panicum spp (panic grass)
  • 48 = Poa compressa (Canada blue grass)
  • 49 = Poa pratensis (Kentucky blue grass)
  • 50 = bare soil (bare soil)
  • 51 = Cladina spp (Reindeer moss)
  • 52 = Cladonia spp (British soldiers)
  • 53 = Lichen spp (Lichens)
  • 54 = Lycopodium clavatum (running ground pine)
  • 55 = Lycopodium tristachyum (ground cedar)
  • 56 = mosses (mosses)
  • 57 = Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern)
  • 58 = woody debris > 4" (stumps) (woody debris > 4" (stumps))
  • 59 = Organic matter (Organic matter)
  • 60 = small stumps / debris (small stumps / debris)
  • 61 = Calystegia spithamaeae (Low bindweed (aka stretch heart))
  • 62 = Silene antirrhina (sleepy catchfly)
  • 63 = Lycodendronium
  • 64 = Vaccinium ovalifolium
  • 66 = Abies balsamea (balsam fir)
  • 67 = Lycopodium dendroideum
  • 68 = PALATS (17, 5, Cont 98)
  • 70 = Lycopodium spp
  • 71 = Burned
  • 72 = Unburned
  • 73 = Prunus pensylvanica (pin cherry)
  • 74 = Quercus rubra stump sprouts (red oak stump sprouts)
  • 75 = Acer rubrum stump sprouts (red maple stump sprouts)
  • 76 = Al's unknown (Al's unknown)
  • 77 = Rhus sp (sumac)
  • 78 = Non-sprouting stumps
  • 79 = Carex sp (aka Spider grass)
  • 80 = Quercus rubra sprouts (red oak sprouts)
  • 81 = Acer rubrum sprouts (red maple sprouts)
  • 82 = Aralia hispida (bristly sarsaparilla)
  • 83 = Rubus allegheniensis (highbush blackberry)
  • 84 = Rubus flagellaris (northern dewberry)
  • 85 = Populus tremuloides (trembling aspen)
  • 86 = Panicum (tuft) (panic grass (tuft))
  • 87 = Hieracium spp (Hawkweed)
  • 88 = Conyza canadensis
  • 89 = Gnaphalium helleri
  • 90 = Verbascum thapsus
• Missing values: None specified

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ACLASS

• Label: Coverage class
• Definition: Cover percentage of each vascular plant species was determined by means of a sampling frame (equal to 0.1% of the subplot) and recorded using a 12-category scale.
• Type: Code list
• Codes:
  • 1 = <0.025 % coverage, <0.25 frames, 0.125 median frames, 0-50 cm^2 area
  • 2 = 0.026-0.05 % coverage, 0.26-0.5 frames, 0.375 median frames, 51-100 cm^2 area
  • 3 = 0.051-0.1 % coverage, 0.51-1.0 frames, 0.75 median frames, 101-1000 cm^2 area
  • 4 = 0.11-0.5 % coverage, 1.1-5.0 frames, 3.0 median frames, 1001-5000 cm^2 area
  • 5 = 0.51 % coverage, 5.1-10.0 frames, 7.5 median frames, 0.51-1 m^2 area
  • 6 = 1.01-2.0 % coverage, 10.1-20 frames, 15 median frames, 1.01-2.0 m^2 area
  • 7 = 2.01-4.0 % coverage, 20.1-40.0 frames, 30 median frames, 2.01-4.0 m^2 area
  • 8 = 4.01-8.0 % coverage, 40.1-80.0 frames, 60 median frames, 4.01-8.0 m^2 area
  • 9 = 8.01-16.0 % coverage, 80.1-160.0 frames, 120 median frames, 8.01-16.0 m^2 area
  • 10 = 16.01-32.0 % coverage, 160.1-320.0 frames, 240 median frames, 16.01-32.0 m^2 area
  • 11 = 32.01-64.0 % coverage, 320.1-640.0 frames, 480 median frames, 32.01-64.0 m^2 area
  • 12 = 64.01-100.0 % coverage, 640.1-1000.0 frames, 820 median frames, 64.01-100.0 m^2 area
• Missing values: None specified