Form 5a - ICP Forests

Part VIII
4.12 Assessment of Ground Vegetation
4.12.1 XX2007.PLV
Contents of reduced plot file to be used in combination with the
survey of ground vegetation
Each data file has to start with a comment line. This line starts with an exclamation
mark:
!Sequence, country, plot, survey_nr, date, latitude, longitude, altitude, fence,
sampled_area, tree_cover, shrub_height, shrub_cover, herb_height, herb_cover,
mosses_cover, bare_soil_cover, litter_cover, other_observations
Column Description Format Ref_Tab Item #
1 – 4 Sequence number of plots (1 to 9999) I 4
6 – 7 Country Code (France = 01, Belgium = 02, etc.) I 2 X (1)
9 – 12 Plot number (max. 9999) I 4 (2)
14 – 15 Survey number (max 99) I 2 (77)
17 – 22 Date of sampling in DDMMYY (e.g. 220690) Date (3)
24 – 30 Latitude in +DDMMSS (e.g.+505852) C 7 (4)
32 – 38 Longitude in (+ or -)DDMMSS (e.g. +035531) C 7 (4)
40 – 41 Altitude (in 50 meter classes from 1 to 51) I 2 X (7)
43 Fence (Yes = 1, No = 2) I 1 X (78)
45 – 48 Total sampled area (in m 2 ) I 4 (80)
50 – 52 Tree layer cover (in % of total area) I 3 (80)
54 – 57 Shrub layer height (in m) F 4 (80)
59 – 62 Shrub layer cover (in % of total area) F 4 (80)
64 – 67 Herb layer height (in m) F 4 (80)
69 – 72 Herb layer cover (in % of total area) F 4 (80)
74 – 77 Mosses cover (in % of total area) F 4 (80)
79 – 82 Bare soil cover (in % of total area) F 4 (80)
84 – 87 Litter cover (in % of total area) F 4 (80)
89 –128 Other observations (text) C 40 (84)
For covers of shrub, herb, moss bare soil and litter layers: indicate a zero “0” if assessed
but not present and leave a blank if not assessed!
4.12.2 XX2007.VEM
Contents of datafile with ground vegetation assessments
Each data file has to start with a comment line. This line starts with an exclamation
mark:
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