Epiphytic lichen surveys on 12 valleywide plots in Hubbard Brook 2016

Using the USFS FIA lichen indicator protocol we inventoried 12
valleywide plots of mixed broadleaf and conifer tree composition over
an elevation gradient to examine patterns of lichen abundance and
diversity in the valley and their possible correspondence to air
pollution indices and landscape variables. The surveys were conducted
as part of an NSF funded LTER REU project by Aílis Clyne in 2016.
Voucher specimens from this study were deposited at the Cornell Plant
Pathology Herbarium (CUP) and the results published in the Journal of
the Torrey Botanical Society.

These data were gathered as part of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study
(HBES). The HBES is a collaborative effort at the Hubbard Brook
Experimental Forest, which is operated and maintained by the USDA
Forest Service, Northern Research Station.

An analysis of these data can be found in: Natalie L. Cleavitt, Ailís
B. Clyne, Timothy J. Fahey "Epiphytic macrolichen patterns along
an elevation gradient in the White Mountain National Forest, New
Hampshire," The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 146(1),
8-17, (21 January 2019)