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Code Description Definition<br />

22311 Treed muskeg/treed bog Like muskeg/bog/fen but with more than 10% crown<br />

closure of trees<br />

22312 <strong>Forest</strong>ed wetland/swamp Low land that is seasonally flooded and has more<br />

woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a<br />

bog<br />

22320 Scattered<br />

22321 Treed rock Rock with very shallow soil with tree cover<br />

amounting to more than 10% crown closure<br />

22322 Small island/shelter belt Areas of trees less than 2 ha in size or running in a<br />

belt along field edges and usually planted<br />

22323 Alpine forest High elevation forest located adjacent to alpine areas<br />

22324 Wooded prairie/aspen<br />

parkland<br />

Deci<strong>du</strong>ous forests of trembling aspen, willow, white<br />

birch, balsam poplar, white elm, green ash, and<br />

Manitoba maple are intermingled with grassland, with<br />

a pattern of grasslands on ridges and south-facing<br />

slopes and trees in depressions and north-facing<br />

slopes<br />

22325 Wind swept/stunted Very open, sparse, patchy, stunted. Coniferous and<br />

deci<strong>du</strong>ous scrub<br />

22330 Recreation Golf courses, camp grounds, recreational sites<br />

22340 <strong>Forest</strong> A plant community predominantly of trees and other<br />

woody vegetation, growing more or less closely<br />

together<br />

-8 Missing value No information<br />

Site Quality<br />

Code Description<br />

7.5 Site class 1: Trees grow to 5.0 to 9.9 m in height at 50 years (100 years in Yukon)<br />

12.5 Site class 2: Trees grow to 10.0 to 14.9 m in height at 50 years (100 years in Yukon)<br />

17.5 Site class 3: Trees grow to 15.0 to 19.9 m in height at 50 years (100 years in Yukon)<br />

22.5 Site class 4: Trees grow to 20.0 to 24.9 m in height at 50 years (100 years in Yukon)<br />

27.5 Site class 5: Trees grow to 25.0 to 29.9 m in height at 50 years (100 years in Yukon)<br />

32.5 Site class 6: Trees grow to 30.0 to 34.9 m in height at 50 years (100 years in Yukon)<br />

37.5 Site class 7: Trees grow to 35.0 m and greater in height at 50 years (100 years in Yukon)<br />

-8 Missing value – no information<br />

-9 Not applicable – for land classes other than forest (22340)<br />

Stocking Class<br />

Code Class Definition<br />

100 Nonstocked <strong>Forest</strong> land that lacks trees completely or that is so deficient in trees,<br />

either young or old, that the resi<strong>du</strong>al stand trees, if any, is insufficient<br />

to allow for use according to the management objectives for the land<br />

200 Stocking not known <strong>Forest</strong> land that has tree cover removed or killed (reason not specified)<br />

and the subsequent degree of stocking has not been assessed<br />

210 Disturbed <strong>Forest</strong> land that has tree cover removed or killed by some disturbance<br />

(not specified) and the subsequent degree of stocking has not been<br />

assessed<br />

211 Burn <strong>Forest</strong> land that has tree cover removed or killed by fire and the<br />

subsequent degree of stocking has not been assessed<br />

116

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