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

 Class: Forest 1 



Class: Forest 



Subclass 



Group 



Formation 



Trees over 5 m tall forming 

 61 to 100 percent canopy 

 cover 



Mainly evergreen forest 

 (canopy never without 

 green foliage although 

 some trees may shed their 

 leaves 



Tropical rain forest (mainly 

 broad-leaved evergreen 

 trees, neither cold- nor 

 drought-resistant) 



Tropical and subtropical 

 evergreen seasonal forest 

 (mainly broad-leaved ever- 

 green trees with some fo- 

 liage reduction in dry 

 season) 



Tropical 

 Tropical 



forest 

 Tropical 

 Tropical 



forest 

 Tropical 

 Tropical 

 Tropical 

 h. Tropical 



(class 



forest 



lowland rain forest 

 submontane rain 



montane rain forest 

 "subalpine" rain 



(rain) cloud forest 

 alluvial rain forest 

 swamp rain forest 

 evergreen bog forest 

 ical tropical rain 

 s) 



Tropical or subtropical ever- 

 green seasonal lowland 

 forest 



Tropical or subtropical ever- 

 green seasonal submon- 

 tane forest 



Tropical or subtropical ever- 

 green seasonal montane 

 forest 



Tropical or subtropical ever- 

 green dry "subalpine" 

 forest 



3. Tropical and subtropical 

 semideciduous forest 

 (upper canopy trees 

 drought deciduous) 



4. Subtropical rain forest (not 

 represented in U.S.) 



5. Mangrove forest 



6. Temperate evergreen sea- 

 sonal broad-leaved forest 

 (may not be represented 

 in U.S.) 



a. Tropical or subtropical semi- 



deciduous lowland forest 



b. Tropical or subtropical semi- 



deciduous montane or 

 cloud forest 



a. Subtropical lowland rain 



forest 



b. Subtropical submontane 



rain forest 



c. Subtropical montane rain 



forest 



d. Subtropical "subalpine" rain 



forest 



e. Subtropical (rain) cloud forest 



f. Subtropical alluvial rain forest 



g. Subtropical swamp rain forest 

 h. Subtropical evergreen bog 



forest (with organic surface 

 deposits) 



a. Tropical rain swamp forest 

 (mangroves of Florida) 



a. Temperate evergreen sea- 



sonal lowland forest 



b. Temperate evergreen sea- 



sonal submontane forest 



c. Temperate evergreen sea- 



sonal montane forest 



d. Temperate evergreen dry 



"subalpine" forest 



See footnote at end of table. 



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