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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
The FOREG crew: (back row:) Matt Reala, Maggie
Ross, Maddie Sutton, Ethan Torres, Adam
Milenkowic, Aaron Nelson, Adam Carson, (front
row:) Emily Dewald-Wang, Liam Engel, Joseph
LaManna
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-001
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Some of the tools for big plot work: measuring
stick, calipers, pliers, nails
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-002
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Tools of the trade
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-003
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
One of the numbered metal identification bands
used to mark any woody plants within each
1m-square plot
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-004
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
A plant marked with one of the metal
identification bands
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-005
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Joseph LaManna, lead on the project, inspects
plants within a 1m-square plot
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-006
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Liam Engel enters data into a tablet
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-007
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Matt Reala notes the measurement height on a PVC
pipe that will be used with the survey tool to map
trees
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-008
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Joseph LaManna shows data from this plot, FOREG02,
which contains old Reference Stand 2. The data
show every mapped stem and the underlying
topography.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-009
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Maddie Sutton surveys vegetation within the plot
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-010
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Joseph LaManna calibrates the laser survey tool
(total station), which is used to map every stem
larger than 1 cm diameter within the plot
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-011
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
A view within plot FOREG02, which contains
Reference Stand 2.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-012
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
A view within plot FOREG02, which contains
Reference Stand 2.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-013
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Within each larger plot there are a series of
1m-square plots within which every stem is
inventoried and recorded and within which all
herbaceous plants are surveyed
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-014
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Joseph LaManna (left) and Maddie Sutton (right)
measure and record data on plant size and location
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-015
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Matt Reala climbs through the plot and notes size,
condition, and location of each stem >1cm in
diameter
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-016
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Joseph LaManna uses a laser survey tool (total
station) to precisely map exact locations of stems
within a plot
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-017
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Matt Reala holds a PVC pipe with reflective target
and rod level, used as the target for the laser
survey tool (total station) in mapping stem
distance and location
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-018
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Matt Reala holds a PVC pipe with reflective target
and rod level, used as the target for the laser
survey tool (total station) in mapping stem
distance and location
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-019
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Matt Reala holds a PVC pipe with reflective target
and rod level, used as the target for the laser
survey tool (total station) in mapping stem
distance and location
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-020
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
A tree tag, specific to the FOREG study, which
provides a unique identifcation number to each
tree or large shrub in the plot. This tag is on a
western hemlock.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-021
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Joseph LaManna (left) and Maddie Sutton (right)
measure and record data on plant size and location
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-022
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Liam Engel fact checks plants within the plot, to
verify data recorded the day prior
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-023
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Liam Engel locates trees that will then be mapped
with the laser survey tool (total station)
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-024
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Liam Engel (left) and Maggie Sutton (right)
measure and record data on every plant with a stem
diameter larger than 1 cm
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-025
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Using the laser survey tool to map exact location
of each stem
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-026
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
A tree tag, specific to the FOREG study, which
provides a unique identifcation number to each
tree or large shrub in the plot. This tag is on a
Pacific yew tree.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-027
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Joseph Lamanna (left) and undergraduate student
Ethan Torres pick up supplies they'll need for
establishing 1m-square vegetation survey plots
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-028
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Field crew co-lead Maggie Ross uses a GPS to
locate the next 1m-square plot
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-029
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Joseph LaManna and Maggie Ross move through the
forest to the next survey plot
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-030
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
A view within plot FOREG38, which contains
Reference Stand 38.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-031
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Maggie Ross holds up the frame of the 1m-square.
It will be laid down over the ground vegetation,
and everything within the frame will be
inventoried and recorded
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-032
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Laying down the 1m-square frame over the ground
vegetation. Everything within the frame will be
inventoried and recorded
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-033
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Hammering rebar to anchor the corners of the 1-m
square plots. The corners will be flagged and
their locations marked with GPS. The plots will be
revisited for years to come.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-034
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Maggie Ross verifies the identification of a plant
using her reference guide
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-035
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Maggie Ross verifies the identification of a plant
(maple-leaf currant) using her reference guide
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-036
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Maggie Ross verifies the identification of a plant
using her reference guide
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-037
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
In the center is a small seedling of a cedar tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-038
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
In the center is a small seedling of a cedar tree.
Note how the type of leaf changes from main stem
to lateral leaves.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-039
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
A very small seedling of western hemlock. Each
seedling is noted, recorded, measured, and tagged.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-040
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
A flower of a tiarella plant within the 1m-square
plot
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-041
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Maggie Ross verifies the identification of a plant
using her reference guide
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-042
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Metal identification tags used to wrap around the
stem of each plant within a 1m-square plot
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-043
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Maggie Ross uses a GPS to mark the exact location
of the new 1m-squared plot
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-044
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Wrapping a metal identification tag around the
stem of a western red cedar seedling
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-045
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Ethan Torres notes each plant within the 1m square
plot
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-046
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Ethan Torres measures the height of a seedling
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-047
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Maggie Ross and Ethan Torres identify, measure,
and record each plant within the 1m square plot
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-048
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
A close up of salal (Gaultheria shallon)
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-049
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Joseph LaManna, Maggie Ross, and Ethan Torres
survey every plant within their 1m square plot
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-050
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
A 1m square plot within the larger plot FOREG31
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-051
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Joseph LaManna notes that trees can have two tags
where the new FOREG plots and the old Reference
Stands overlap. The two studies are planned to
dovetail and complement each other (e.g.
measurements will be taken at both nails in future
years).
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-052
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Emily Dewald-Wang holds a PVC pipe which is the
target for the laser survey tool (total station).
She calls out the species of tree, its size, and
its condition. The data are recorded into a tablet
and then the tree's location is mapped with the
total st
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-053
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Joseph LaManna and Emily Dewald-Wang measure the
diamater of a large Douglas fir tree.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-054
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Emily Dewald-Wang holds a PVC pipe which is the
target for the laser survey tool (total station).
She calls out the species of tree, its size, and
its condition. The data are recorded into a tablet
and then the tree's location is mapped with the
total st
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-055
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Emily Dewald-Wang recording location, species, and
condition of a tree within a forest dynamics plot.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-056
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Adam Milenkowic uses the laser survey tool (total
station) to measure the exact location of each
stem within the plot
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-057
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
A map of a 12-ha section of FOREG-31 (the
megaplot, with a footprint of 25 ha), showing the
reference poles from which the total station maps
trees and stems. The diagonal-square on the right
side of the map is historic Reference Stand 31.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-058
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Adam Milenkowic uses the laser survey tool (total
station) to measure exact location of each stem
within the plot. Data, called out from a person
moving from tree to tree, is recorded in the
tablet.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-059
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Adam Carson sets up the target for the laser
survey tool (total station).
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-060
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Adam Carson paints an orange ring around a stem to
mark measurement height for future censuses.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-061
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Aaron Nelson looks over a 1m square plot within
the larger plot FOREG 31
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-062
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
Aaron Nelson displays one of the metal
identification tags that is placed around each
stem within the 1m square plot
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-063
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Forests of Oregon Elevation Gradient (FOREG) 2019
A metal identification tag, with a unique number,
is placed around each stem within each 1m-square
plot. Each plant is noted for species, size,
location, and will be tracked for years to come.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/23/2019 ..... Photo: AER-064
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