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Rights & Restrictions: Luke McCormack, Root Lab, The Morton Arboretum, with collaboration at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Final datasets will be made free and publicly accessible through the Fine-Root Ecology Database (FRED; http://roots.ornl.gov/). Raw data may be made available with reasonable request.
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Morton Forestry Plots: Minirhizotrons and Roots

Identifier
3.63437
Format
Minirhizotron images are collected as .jpg files, analyzed using field-specific software (e.g. RootFly with .rfy files), with final exports of data stored in standard spreadsheet formats including .xlsx and .csv. No physical samples are directly collected with this dataset, though occasional collections of root, stem, and leaf samples will likely be conducted with subsequent processing and storage taking place in the Root Lab at The Morton Arboretum.
Type
Dataset
Date created
2019
Description
Minirhizotron tubes were installed in 18 Forestry plots covering 13 species around The Morton Arboretum in the early summer of 2018. Beginning in spring of 2019, images are being collected on a roughly bi-weekly to monthly time scale from the tubes using a minirhizotron camera. From these images, the seasonal growth patterns and lifespan of fine roots can be monitored. 

Final datasets will be made free and publicly accessible through the Fine-Root Ecology Database (FRED; http://roots.ornl.gov/). Raw data may be made available with reasonable request.
Subject - keywords and LC headings
Forest ecology
Plants--Evolution
Soil ecology
Related Entities
McCormack, Luke (is local contact/expert)
Lo, Marvin (contributed)
Tran, Newton (contributed)
Iversen, Colleen (contributed)
Muñoz, Andrew (contributed)
Related Objects
Morton Forestry Plots: Phenocams and Leaves
Morton Forestry Plots: Dendrometer Bands and Woody Stems
Related Collections
Morton Forestry Plots
Spatial Coverage
The Morton Arboretum