Table A-l — Key to the Vegetation Element of the Land Classification Framework — 

 Class: Forest 1 — Continued 



Class: Forest 



Subclass 



Group 



Formation 



Winter-rain, broad-leaved 

 sclerophyllous forest (stiff- 

 leathery-leaved trees) 



B. Mainly deciduous forest 

 (majority of trees shed 

 foliage as a result of 

 drought and/or cold) 



Tropical and subtropical 

 needle-leaved forest (may 

 not be represented in U.S.; 



Temperate and subpolar 

 needle-leaved forest (mostly 

 needle-leaved and scale- 

 leaved trees) 



Tropical and subtropical 

 drought-deciduous forest 

 (may not be represented 

 in U.S.) 



Cold-deciduous forest, with 

 evergreen trees (winter 

 frost and freeze) 



Cold-deciduous forest, with- 

 out evergreen trees (winter 

 frost and freeze) 



a. Winter-rain evergreen sclero- 



phyllous lowland and sub- 

 montane forest (over 50 m 

 tall) (Eucalyptus in Calif.) 



b. Winter-rain evergreen sclero- 



phyllous lowland and sub- 

 montane forest (less than 

 50 m tall) (live-oak in Calif.) 



a. Tropical and subtropical 



lowland and submontane 

 evergreen needle-leaved 

 forest 



b. Tropical and subtropical 



montane and subalpine 

 evergreen needle-leaved 

 forest 



a. Evergreen giant forest (e.g., 



redwood and Douglas fir) 



b. Evergreen forest with rounded 



crowns (e.g., sugar pine) 



c. Evergreen needle-leaved for- 



est with conical crowns 

 (e.g., spruce-fir) 



d. Evergreen forest with cylin- 



drical crowns (boreal) (e.g., 

 spruce forests of Alaska) 



a. Drought-deciduous broad- 



leaved lowland and sub- 

 montane forest 



b. Drought-deciduous montane 



(and cloud) forest 



a. Cold-deciduous forest with 



evergreen broad-leaved 

 trees and climbers (e.g., 

 magnolia) 



b. Cold-deciduous broad-leaved 



forest with evergreen 

 needle-leaved trees (e.g., 

 maple/hemlock in new 

 York State) 



a. Temperate lowland and sub- 



montane broad-leaved 

 cold-deciduous forest (e.g., 

 broadleaf forests of 

 midwest) 



b. Montane or boreal cold- 



deciduous forest (e.g., 

 broadleaf forests of the 

 mountains) 



d. Cold-deciduous alluvial forest 



(e.g., bottomland hard- 

 woods) 



e. Cold-deciduous swamp or 



peat forest (e.g., deciduous 

 forests in parts of Alaska) 



See footnote at end of table. 



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