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This is the 2026 Version 9.5 Alaska Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Field Manual, a comprehensive technical guide for conducting forest inventory fieldwork in Alaska. The manual provides standardized procedures for locating, establishing, measuring, and documenting forest sample plots across Alaska's landscape, serving as the official instruction document referenced in federal solicitation 1240BG26Q0004 for Prince of Wales on-grid plot work.

The manual encompasses 15 chapters and multiple appendices detailing all aspects of FIA plot data collection. Key operational procedures include plot location and establishment methods; condition class determination and delineation (accessible forest land, nonforest, water, and nonsampled conditions); subplot, tree, sapling, and seedling measurement protocols; down woody materials sampling; vegetation profiling; invasive plant documentation; and GPS coordinate collection using both standard and high-performance GNSS systems. The manual establishes specific measurement standards and tolerances, including plot design specifications (24-foot radius subplots arranged 120 feet apart), tree diameter measurements at breast height (DBH), tree species identification using standardized FIA codes, damage and disturbance documentation, and condition-level attributes such as forest type, stand size class, regeneration status, and tree density. Additional specialized sections address Interior Alaska-specific protocols (ground layer sampling, soil core collection with detailed organic and mineral layer separation) and coastal Alaska procedures (crown measurement methodologies for stocking calculations). The manual includes reference appendices with state and county codes, slope correction tables, metric conversions, forest type and tree species codes, tree coding guides, damage codes, reserved land designations, site index equations, and stocking tables for determining forest land classification thresholds. All data collection procedures emphasize quality assurance protocols, safety requirements, and detailed documentation standards for remeasurement plots to track changes over time.

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Forest Inventory and Analysis | January 2026

FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS

FIELD GUIDE

VOLUME I: FIELD DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES FOR PHASE 2 PLOTS

IN ALASKA

Version 9.5

THIS MANUAL IS BASED ON:

FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS

NATIONAL CORE FIELD GUIDE

VOLUME I: FIELD DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES FOR PHASE 2 PLOTS

VERSION 9.5

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Table of C ontents

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

SECTION 1.1 ORGANIZATION OF THIS MANUAL

SECTION 1.2 THE INVENTORY

SECTION 1.3 PRODUCTS

SECTION 1.4 UNITS OF MEASURE

SECTION 1.5 PLOT DESIGN GENERAL DESCRIPTION

SUBSECTION 1.5.1 PLOT LAYOUT

SUBSECTION 1.5.2 DATA ARE COLLECTED ON PLOTS AT THE FOLLOWING LEVELS . . 25

SECTION 1.6 QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL

SUBSECTION 1.6.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION

SECTION 1.7 SAFETY

SUBSECTION 1.7.1 SAFETY IN THE WOODS

SUBSECTION 1.7.2 SAFETY IN AND AROUND THE HELICOPTER

SUBSECTION 1.7.3 SAFETY ON THE ROAD

SUBSECTION 1.7.4 WHAT TO DO IF INJURED

SECTION 1.8 RESPECTING LANDS ACCESSED TO MEASURE FIA PLOTS IN

ALASKA

CHAPTER 2 LOCATING THE PLOT

SECTION 2.1 LOCATING AN ESTABLISHED PLOT

SUBSECTION 2.1.1 NAVIGATING WITH PHOTOGRAPHY

SUBSECTION 2.1.2 NAVIGATING WITH GPS

SUBSECTION 2.1.3 NAVIGATING WITH REFERENCE POINT (RP) DATA

SUBSECTION 2.1.4 REVERSE REFERENCE POINT (RP) METHOD

SECTION 2.2 ESTABLISHED PLOT ISSUES

SUBSECTION 2.2.1 DIFFICULTY FINDING ESTABLISHED PLOTS

SUBSECTION 2.2.2 INCORRECTLY INSTALLED PLOT

SUBSECTION 2.2.3 INCORRECTLY INSTALLED SUBPLOT OR MICROPLOT

SUBSECTION 2.2.4 PC OR SUBPLOT/MICROPLOT PIN MISSING OR MOVED

SUBSECTION 2.2.5 LOST SUBPLOT

SUBSECTION 2.2.6 LOST PLOT (REPLACEMENT PLOT)

SECTION 2.3 LOCATING NEW PLOTS

SUBSECTION 2.3.1 LOCATING PLOTS USING PHOTOS

SUBSECTION 2.3.2 LOCATING A NEW PLOT WITH REFERENCE POINT (RP)

SUBSECTION 2.3.3 INSTALLING A PLOT WITH TARGET (TGT) COORDINATES

SECTION 2.4 CIRCUMSTANCES PRECLUDING PLOT ESTABLISHMENT/

MEASUREMENT

SECTION 2.5 SKIPPED AND CARRYOVER PLOTS

CHAPTER 3 PLOT LAYOUT AND REFERENCING

SECTION 3.1 PLOT DESIGN

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SUBSECTION 3.1.1 PLOT LAYOUT

SUBSECTION 3.1.2 PLOT DIMENSIONS

SECTION 3.2 PLOT ESTABLISHMENT

SUBSECTION 3.2.1 PLOT ESTABLISHMENT GUIDELINES

SUBSECTION 3.2.2 PLOT INTEGRITY

SUBSECTION 3.2.3 NEW PLOT ESTABLISHMENT TOLERANCES

SECTION 3.3 MONUMENTING AND REFERENCING PLOT CENTER

SUBSECTION 3.3.1 THE REFERENCE POINT

SUBSECTION 3.3.2 WITNESS TREES/OBJECTS

SUBSECTION 3.3.3 EXCEPTIONS TO MONUMENTING PLOT CENTER

SECTION 3.4 MONUMENTING AND REFERENCING SUBPLOTS 2 THROUGH 4.41

SUBSECTION 3.4.1 LOCATE AND MONUMENT SUBPLOT CENTER

SUBSECTION 3.4.2 ESTABLISH SUBPLOTS WHEN PLOT CENTER IS INACCESSIBLE . . 41

SUBSECTION 3.4.3 LOCATE AND MONUMENT THE MICROPLOT

SECTION 3.5 MONUMENTING AND REFERENCING ENTIRELY NONFOREST

PLOTS

SUBSECTION 3.5.1 NONFOREST PLOTS

SUBSECTION 3.5.2 NONFOREST PLOTS WITHOUT MEASURABLE NONFOREST

CHAPTER 4 PLOT LEVEL DATA

SECTION 4.1 LOST PLOT/REPLACEMENT PLOT

SUBSECTION 4.1.1 LOST ANNUAL PLOT

SUBSECTION 4.1.2 REPLACEMENT PLOT

SECTION 4.2 PLOT LEVEL DATA DOWNLOADED TO THE PDR

SUBSECTION 4.2.1 PLOT LEVEL DATA ITEMS

ITEM 4.2.1.1 STATE (CORE 1.1)

ITEM 4.2.1.2 COUNTY (CORE 1.2)

ITEM 4.2.1.3 PLOT NUMBER (CORE 1.3)

ITEM 4.2.1.4 CYCLE (PNW)

ITEM 4.2.1.5 SUBCYCLE (PNW)

ITEM 4.2.1.6 PERIODIC PLOT NUMBER (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 4.2.1.7 FIELD GUIDE VERSION (CORE 1.12)

ITEM 4.2.1.8 PDR STARTING DATA RECORDER VERSION NUMBER (PNW)

ITEM 4.2.1.9 PDR ENDING DATA RECORDER VERSION NUMBER (PNW)

ITEM 4.2.1.10 DECLINATION (CORE OPTIONAL 1.14)

ITEM 4.2.1.11 CHANGE MATRIX REQUIRED (PNW)

ITEM 4.2.1.12 PREVIOUS DATA CORRECTABLE (PNW)

ITEM 4.2.1.13 P2 VEGETATION SAMPLING STATUS (CORE OPTIONAL 1.22.1)

ITEM 4.2.1.14 LEVEL OF DETAIL (CORE OPTIONAL 1.22.2)

ITEM 4.2.1.15 INVASIVE PLANT SAMPLING STATUS (CORE OPTIONAL 1.23)

ITEM 4.2.1.16 INVASIVE PLANT SPECIMEN COLLECTION RULE (CORE OPTIONAL 1.23)

ITEM 4.2.1.17 DWM SAMPLING STATUS (BASE 1.25.1)

ITEM 4.2.1.18 NATIONAL FOREST REGION (PFSL, AFSL)

ITEM 4.2.1.19 YEAR OF PREVIOUS INVENTORY (PNW)

ITEM 4.2.1.20 MONTH OF PREVIOUS INVENTORY (PNW)

ITEM 4.2.1.21 YEAR OF PERIODIC INVENTORY (AFSL)

SUBSECTION 4.2.2 SPECIAL STUDIES

ITEM 4.2.2.1 FIRE PLOT (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 4.2.2.2 INTERIOR ALASKA PLOT STATUS (AFSL)

ITEM 4.2.2.3 GROUND LAYER SAMPLING STATUS CODE (AFSL)

ITEM 4.2.2.4 GROUND LAYER SAMPLING METHOD CODE (AFSL)

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SECTION 4.3 PLOT LEVEL DATA COLLECTED IN THE FIELD

SUBSECTION 4.3.1 CREW VISIT INFORMATION

ITEM 4.3.1.1 SAMPLE METHOD CODE (PNW)

ITEM 4.3.1.2 QA STATUS (CORE 1.17)

ITEM 4.3.1.3 CREW TYPE (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 4.3.1.4 CREW NUMBER (CORE 1.18)

ITEM 4.3.1.5 TRANSPORTATION TO PLOT (AFSL)

SUBSECTION 4.3.2 CURRENT DATE OF INVENTORY

ITEM 4.3.2.1 YEAR (CORE 1.13.1)

ITEM 4.3.2.2 MONTH (CORE 1.13.2)

ITEM 4.3.2.3 DAY (CORE 1.13.3)

SUBSECTION 4.3.3 TIME SPENT ON PLOT

ITEM 4.3.3.1 TRAVEL TIME TO PLOT (PNW)

ITEM 4.3.3.2 MEASUREMENT TIME ON PLOT (PNW)

ITEM 4.3.3.3 TRAVEL TIME FROM PLOT (PNW)

SUBSECTION 4.3.4 PLOT LEVEL FUNDAMENTALS

ITEM 4.3.4.1 PLOT STATUS (CORE 1.4)

ITEM 4.3.4.2 PLOT NONSAMPLED REASON (CORE 1.7)

ITEM 4.3.4.3 NONFOREST SAMPLING STATUS (CORE 1.5)

ITEM 4.3.4.4 NONFOREST PLOT STATUS (CORE 1.6)

ITEM 4.3.4.5 NONFOREST PLOT NONSAMPLED REASON (CORE 1.8)

ITEM 4.3.4.6 SUBPLOTS EXAMINED (CORE 1.9)

ITEM 4.3.4.7 SAMPLE KIND (CORE 1.10)

ITEM 4.3.4.8 PREVIOUS PLOT MAPPING OR CONDITION ERROR (PFSL, AFSL)

ITEM 4.3.4.9 PREVIOUS PLOT NUMBER (CORE 1.11)

SUBSECTION 4.3.5 ADDITIONAL ITEMS

ITEM 4.3.5.1 TOPOGRAPHIC POSITION (PNW)

ITEM 4.3.5.2 HORIZONTAL DISTANCE TO IMPROVED ROAD (CORE 1.15)

ITEM 4.3.5.3 WATER ON PLOT (CORE 1.16)

ITEM 4.3.5.4 PLOT NOTES (CORE 1.21)

SUBSECTION 4.3.6 REFERENCE POINT ATTRIBUTES

ITEM 4.3.6.1 RP TYPE (PNW)

ITEM 4.3.6.2 RP SPECIES (PNW)

ITEM 4.3.6.3 RP DIAMETER (PNW)

ITEM 4.3.6.4 RP AZIMUTH (PNW)

ITEM 4.3.6.5 RP HORIZONTAL DISTANCE (PNW)

ITEM 4.3.6.6 RP AZIMUTH/DISTANCE TO SUBPLOT NUMBER (PNW)

ITEM 4.3.6.7 RP NOTES (PNW)

SUBSECTION 4.3.7 PLOT DESCRIPTION

ITEM 4.3.7.1 PLOT ACCESS DESCRIPTION (PNW)

ITEM 4.3.7.2 PLOT NARRATIVE (PNW)

SECTION 4.4 PLOT LEVEL GPS COORDINATE DATA ITEMS

SUBSECTION 4.4.1 PLOT LEVEL VARIABLES HIGH PERFORMANCE GNSS (HPGNSS) . 63

ITEM 4.4.1.1 HPGNSS REQUIRED (CORE 1.26.1)

ITEM 4.4.1.2 HPGNSS COLLECTED (CORE 1.26.2)

SUBSECTION 4.4.2 DOWNLOADED PLOT COORDINATES

ITEM 4.4.2.1 PREVIOUS LATITUDE DEGREES (PACI, AFSL)

ITEM 4.4.2.2 PREVIOUS LATITUDE DECIMAL MINUTES (PACI, AFSL)

ITEM 4.4.2.3 PREVIOUS LONGITUDE DEGREES (PACI, AFSL)

ITEM 4.4.2.4 PREVIOUS LONGITUDE DECIMAL MINUTES (PACI, AFSL)

ITEM 4.4.2.5 PREVIOUS COORDINATES METHOD (PNW)

CHAPTER 5 CONDITION CLASS

SECTION 5.1 DETERMINATION OF CONDITION CLASS

SECTION 5.2 CONDITION CLASS STATUS DEFINITIONS

SUBSECTION 5.2.1 ACCESSIBLE FOREST LAND

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SUBSECTION 5.2.2 NONFOREST LAND

SUBSECTION 5.2.3 NONCENSUS WATER

SUBSECTION 5.2.4 CENSUS WATER

SUBSECTION 5.2.5 NONSAMPLED, POSSIBILITY OF FOREST

SECTION 5.3 DELINEATING CONDITION CLASSES DIFFERING IN CONDITION

CLASS STATUS

SECTION 5.4 DELINEATING CONDITION CLASSES WITHIN ACCESSIBLE FOREST

LAND

SECTION 5.5 CONDITION CLASS ATTRIBUTES

SUBSECTION 5.5.1 ACCESSIBLE FOREST LAND

SUBSECTION 5.5.2 NONFOREST LAND

SECTION 5.6 CONDITION REMEASUREMENT

SUBSECTION 5.6.1 CORRECTING PREVIOUS CONDITION AND/OR BOUNDARY ERRORS,

PREVIOUS CONDITIONS ARE CORRECTABLE

SUBSECTION 5.6.2 RECONCILING PREVIOUS CONDITION AND/OR BOUNDARY ERRORS,

PREVIOUS DATA ARE NOT CORRECTABLE

SUBSECTION 5.6.3 RECONCILE CURRENT WITH PREVIOUS

SECTION 5.7 GENERAL CONDITION CLASS ATTRIBUTES

ITEM 5.7.0.1 CONDITION CLASS NUMBER (CORE 2.4.1)

ITEM 5.7.0.2 PREVIOUS CONDITION CLASS NUMBER (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.0.3 SUBPLOT CONDITION PROPORTION (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.0.4 CONDITION CLASS STATUS (CORE 2.4.2)

ITEM 5.7.0.5 PREVIOUS CONDITION CLASS STATUS (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.0.6 CONDITION CLASS STATUS RECONCILE CODE (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.0.7 CONDITION CLASS STATUS PROCEDURAL CHANGE REASON CODE (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.0.8 FOREST LAND CONDITION STATUS CHANGE (CORE 2.4.3)

ITEM 5.7.0.9 NONFOREST COVER MEETS THRESHOLD (AFSL, PACI)

ITEM 5.7.0.10 NONFOREST CONDITION CLASS SAMPLING STATUS (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.0.11 NONFOREST CONDITION CLASS STATUS (CORE 2.4.5)

ITEM 5.7.0.12 NONFOREST CONDITION NONSAMPLED REASON (CORE 2.4.6)

SUBSECTION 5.7.1 ACCESSIBLE FOREST LAND DELINEATING DATA ITEMS

ITEM 5.7.1.1 RESERVED STATUS (CORE 2.5.1)

ITEM 5.7.1.2 PREVIOUS RESERVED STATUS (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.1.3 RESERVED STATUS RECONCILE CODE (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.1.4 RESERVED STATUS PROCEDURAL CHANGE REASON CODE (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.1.5 OWNER GROUP (CORE 2.5.2)

ITEM 5.7.1.6 PREVIOUS OWNER GROUP (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.1.7 OWNER GROUP RECONCILE CODE (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.1.8 OWNER GROUP PROCEDURAL CHANGE REASON CODE (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.1.9 FOREST TYPE (CORE 2.5.3)

ITEM 5.7.1.10 PREVIOUS FOREST TYPE (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.1.11 STAND SIZE CLASS (CORE 2.5.4)

ITEM 5.7.1.12 PREVIOUS STAND SIZE CLASS (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.1.13 REGENERATION STATUS (CORE 2.5.5)

ITEM 5.7.1.14 PREVIOUS REGENERATION STATUS (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.1.15 TREE DENSITY (CORE 2.5.6)

ITEM 5.7.1.16 PREVIOUS TREE DENSITY (PNW)

SUBSECTION 5.7.2 ANCILLARY (NON-DELINEATING) DATA ITEMS

ITEM 5.7.2.1 OWNER CLASS (CORE OPTIONAL 2.5.7)

ITEM 5.7.2.2 PREVIOUS OWNER CLASS (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.3 RESERVED AREA NAME (CORE 2.5.12)

ITEM 5.7.2.4 ADMINISTRATIVE FOREST CODE (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.5 PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE FOREST CODE (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.6 ARTIFICIAL REGENERATION SPECIES (CORE 2.5.13)

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ITEM 5.7.2.7 PREVIOUS ARTIFICIAL REGENERATION SPECIES (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.8 AGE BASIS CODE (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.9 STAND AGE (CORE 2.5.14)

ITEM 5.7.2.10 PREVIOUS STAND AGE (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.11 PHYSIOGRAPHIC CLASS (CORE 2.5.27)

ITEM 5.7.2.12 PREVIOUS PHYSIOGRAPHIC CLASS (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.13 CONDITION FUELBED TYPE (OPTIONAL 2.6.1)

ITEM 5.7.2.14 DISTURBANCE 1 (CORE 2.5.15)

ITEM 5.7.2.15 PREVIOUS DISTURBANCE 1 (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.16 DISTURBANCE YEAR 1 (CORE 2.5.16)

ITEM 5.7.2.17 PREVIOUS DISTURBANCE YEAR 1 (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.18 DISTURBANCE 2 (CORE 2.5.17)

ITEM 5.7.2.19 PREVIOUS DISTURBANCE 2 (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.20 DISTURBANCE YEAR 2 (CORE 2.5.18)

ITEM 5.7.2.21 PREVIOUS DISTURBANCE YEAR 2 (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.22 DISTURBANCE 3 (CORE 2.5.19)

ITEM 5.7.2.23 PREVIOUS DISTURBANCE 3 (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.24 DISTURBANCE YEAR 3 (CORE 2.5.20)

ITEM 5.7.2.25 PREVIOUS DISTURBANCE YEAR 3 (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.26 HISTORICAL DISTURBANCE 1 (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.27 HISTORICAL DISTURBANCE YEAR 1 (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.28 HISTORICAL DISTURBANCE 2 (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.29 HISTORICAL DISTURBANCE YEAR 2 (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.30 HISTORICAL DISTURBANCE 3 (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.31 HISTORICAL DISTURBANCE YEAR 3 (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.32 TREATMENT 1 (CORE 2.5.21)

ITEM 5.7.2.33 PREVIOUS TREATMENT 1 (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.34 TREATMENT YEAR 1 (CORE 2.5.22)

ITEM 5.7.2.35 PREVIOUS TREATMENT YEAR 1 (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.36 TREATMENT 2 (CORE 2.5.23)

ITEM 5.7.2.37 PREVIOUS TREATMENT 2 (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.38 TREATMENT YEAR 2 (CORE 2.5.24)

ITEM 5.7.2.39 PREVIOUS TREATMENT YEAR 2 (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.40 TREATMENT 3 (CORE 2.5.25)

ITEM 5.7.2.41 PREVIOUS TREATMENT 3 (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.42 TREATMENT YEAR 3 (CORE 2.5.26)

ITEM 5.7.2.43 PREVIOUS TREATMENT YEAR 3 (PNW)

ITEM 5.7.2.44 HISTORICAL TREATMENT 1 (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.45 HISTORICAL TREATMENT YEAR 1 (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.46 HISTORICAL TREATMENT 2 (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.47 HISTORICAL TREATMENT YEAR 2 (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.48 HISTORICAL TREATMENT 3 (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.49 HISTORICAL TREATMENT YEAR 3 (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.50 SALVAGE VOLUME CLASS (PFSL, AFSL)

ITEM 5.7.2.51 CHAINING CODE (CORE 2.5.34)

ITEM 5.7.2.52 COVER CLASS (CORE 2.5.28)

SUBSECTION 5.7.3 DETERMINING CONDITION CLASSES ON NONFOREST LAND

ITEM 5.7.3.1 PRESENT NONFOREST LAND USE (CORE 2.5.29)

ITEM 5.7.3.2 PREVIOUS NONFOREST LAND USE (PNW)

SECTION 5.8 DETERMINATION OF CROWN COVER VALUES FOR LAND USE

CLASSIFICATION

SUBSECTION 5.8.1 INTRODUCTION

SUBSECTION 5.8.2 CANOPY COVER VARIABLES OVERVIEW

ITEM 5.8.2.1 CANOPY COVER SAMPLE METHOD (CORE 2.5.30.1)

ITEM 5.8.2.2 LIVE CANOPY COVER (CORE 2.5.30.2)

ITEM 5.8.2.3 LIVE PLUS MISSING CANOPY COVER (CORE 2.5.30.3)

ITEM 5.8.2.4 CURRENT AFFORESTATION CODE (CORE 2.5.31)

ITEM 5.8.2.5 PREVIOUS AFFORESTATION CODE (CORE 2.5.32)

ITEM 5.8.2.6 TOTAL STEMS (CORE 2.5.33)

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ITEM 5.8.2.7 STOCKING PERCENT (COASTALAK)

ITEM 5.8.2.8 STOCKING MAXIMUM DBH (COASTALAK)

ITEM 5.8.2.9 COVER PLOT NOTES (AFSL, PFSL)

SUBSECTION 5.8.3 COVER TREE DATA ITEMS FOR COASTAL ALASKA

ITEM 5.8.3.1 COVER SUBPLOT (COASTALAK)

ITEM 5.8.3.2 CONDITION CLASS NUMBER (COASTALAK)

ITEM 5.8.3.3 COVER TREE STATUS (COASTALAK)

ITEM 5.8.3.4 OVER TOPPED STATUS (COASTALAK)

ITEM 5.8.3.5 COVER TREE SPECIES (COASTALAK)

ITEM 5.8.3.6 COVER TREE DIAMETER (COASTALAK)

SUBSECTION 5.8.4 CROWN MEASUREMENTS FOR COASTAL ALASKA

ITEM 5.8.4.1 COVER TREE COMMINGLED CROWN CODE (COASTALAK)

ITEM 5.8.4.2 COVER TREE LONG CROWN WIDTH (CROWN LENGTH) (COASTALAK)

ITEM 5.8.4.3 COVER TREE SHORT CROWN WIDTH (CROWN WIDTH) (COASTALAK)

ITEM 5.8.4.4 COVER TREE LONG CROWN WIDTH, NON-OVER TOPPED PORTION (COASTALAK). . 140 ITEM 5.8.4.5 COVER TREE SHORT CROWN WIDTH, NON-OVER TOPPED PORTION (COASTALAK) 141

ITEM 5.8.4.6 COVER TREE STOCKING CONTRIBUTION (COASTALAK)

ITEM 5.8.4.7 COVER TREE COVER CONTRIBUTION (COASTALAK)

ITEM 5.8.4.8 COVER TREE NOTES (COASTALAK)

SECTION 5.9 NONSAMPLED CONDITION CLASS ATTRIBUTES

ITEM 5.9.0.1 CONDITION NONSAMPLED REASON (CORE 2.4.4)

ITEM 5.9.0.2 PREVIOUS CONDITION NONSAMPLED REASON (PNW)

ITEM 5.9.0.3 NONSAMPLED FOREST TYPE (PNW)

SECTION 5.10 CONDITION CLASS NOTES

SUBSECTION 5.10.1 CONDITION CLASS NOTES

ITEM 5.10.1.1 PREVIOUS CONDITION CLASS NOTES (PNW)

ITEM 5.10.1.2 CONDITION CLASS NOTES (PNW)

ITEM 5.10.1.3 CHANGE MATRIX NOTES (PNW)

CHAPTER 6 SUBPLOT INFORMATION

SECTION 6.1 RECORDING SUBPLOT INFORMATION

SUBSECTION 6.1.1 SUBPLOT INFORMATION

ITEM 6.1.1.1 SUBPLOT NUMBER (CORE 3.1)

ITEM 6.1.1.2 PREVIOUS SUBPLOT MAPPING ERROR (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 6.1.1.3 SUBPLOT STATUS (CORE 3.4)

ITEM 6.1.1.4 SUBPLOT NONSAMPLED REASON (CORE 3.5)

ITEM 6.1.1.5 NONFOREST SUBPLOT STATUS (CORE 3.6)

ITEM 6.1.1.6 NONFOREST SUBPLOT NONSAMPLED REASON (CORE 3.7)

ITEM 6.1.1.7 PREVIOUS SUBPLOT CENTER CONDITION (PNW)

ITEM 6.1.1.8 SUBPLOT CENTER CONDITION (CORE 3.8)

ITEM 6.1.1.9 SUBPLOT CONDITION LIST (CORE 3.13)

ITEM 6.1.1.10 MICROPLOT CENTER CONDITION (CORE 3.9)

ITEM 6.1.1.11 PREVIOUS MICROPLOT CENTER CONDITION (PNW)

ITEM 6.1.1.12 P2 VEG SUBPLOT SAMPLE STATUS (CORE OPTIONAL 3.14)

ITEM 6.1.1.13 VEGETATION NONSAMPLED REASON (CORE OPTIONAL 3.15)

ITEM 6.1.1.14 INVASIVE PLANT SUBPLOT SAMPLE STATUS (CORE OPTIONAL 3.17)

ITEM 6.1.1.15 INVASIVE PLANT NONSAMPLED REASON (CORE OPTIONAL 3.18)

ITEM 6.1.1.16 SUBPLOT/MACROPLOT MONUMENT FOUND (CORE OPTIONAL 3.2)

ITEM 6.1.1.17 MICROPLOT MONUMENT FOUND (CORE OPTIONAL 3.3)

SUBSECTION 6.1.2 UNLISTED TREES

ITEM 6.1.2.1 UNLISTED TREE PRESENT (CORE 3.20)

ITEM 6.1.2.2 UNLISTED TREE GENUS (CORE 3.21)

ITEM 6.1.2.3 UNLISTED TREE SPECIES (CORE 3.22)

ITEM 6.1.2.4 UNLISTED TREE SPECIES COUNT (CORE 3.23)

ITEM 6.1.2.5 UNLISTED TREE NOTES (CORE 3.26)

SUBSECTION 6.1.3 PHYSIOGRAPHIC CLASS INFORMATION

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ITEM 6.1.3.1 SUBPLOT SLOPE (CORE 3.10)

ITEM 6.1.3.2 SUBPLOT ASPECT (CORE 3.11)

ITEM 6.1.3.3 SNOW/WATER DEPTH (CORE 3.12)

ITEM 6.1.3.4 SUBPLOT NOTES (PNW)

CHAPTER 7 BOUNDARY REFERENCES

SECTION 7.1 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

SECTION 7.2 REFERENCE PROCEDURE

SUBSECTION 7.2.1 BOUNDARIES ON REMEASUREMENT PLOTS

SUBSECTION 7.2.2 BOUNDARY DATA

ITEM 7.2.2.1 SUBPLOT NUMBER (CORE 4.2.1)

ITEM 7.2.2.2 PLOT TYPE (CORE 4.2.2)

ITEM 7.2.2.3 PREVIOUS PLOT TYPE (PNW)

ITEM 7.2.2.4 BOUNDARY CHANGE (CORE 4.2.3)

ITEM 7.2.2.5 CONTRASTING CONDITION (CORE 4.2.4)

ITEM 7.2.2.6 PREVIOUS CONTRASTING CONDITION (PNW)

ITEM 7.2.2.7 LEFT AZIMUTH (CORE 4.2.5)

ITEM 7.2.2.8 PREVIOUS LEFT AZIMUTH (PNW)

ITEM 7.2.2.9 CORNER AZIMUTH (CORE 4.2.6)

ITEM 7.2.2.10 PREVIOUS CORNER AZIMUTH (PNW)

ITEM 7.2.2.11 CORNER DISTANCE (CORE 4.2.7)

ITEM 7.2.2.12 PREVIOUS CORNER DISTANCE (PNW)

ITEM 7.2.2.13 RIGHT AZIMUTH (CORE 4.2.8)

ITEM 7.2.2.14 PREVIOUS RIGHT AZIMUTH (PNW)

ITEM 7.2.2.15 BOUNDARY NOTES (PNW)

ITEM 7.2.2.16 PREVIOUS BOUNDARY NOTES (PNW)

CHAPTER 8 TREE AND SAPLING DATA

SECTION 8.1 DEFINITIONS

SECTION 8.2 SELECTING TALLY TREES

SUBSECTION 8.2.1 WHERE TO TALLY

SUBSECTION 8.2.2 WITHIN PLOT AREA CRITERIA

SECTION 8.3 CONDUCTING THE TREE TALLY

SUBSECTION 8.3.1 SUBPLOT WITNESS TREES/OBJECTS

SUBSECTION 8.3.2 SUBPLOTS/CONDITIONS WITHOUT TALLY TREES

SECTION 8.4 TREE TRACKING

SUBSECTION 8.4.1 TREE TRACKING DATA ITEMS

ITEM 8.4.1.1 SUBPLOT NUMBER (CORE 5.1)

ITEM 8.4.1.2 TREE RECORD NUMBER (CORE 5.2)

ITEM 8.4.1.3 TREE TAG NUMBER (PNW)

ITEM 8.4.1.4 CONDITION CLASS NUMBER (CORE 5.3)

ITEM 8.4.1.5 PREVIOUS CONDITION CLASS NUMBER (PNW)

ITEM 8.4.1.6 PREVIOUS TREE STATUS (CORE 5.6)

ITEM 8.4.1.7 PRESENT TREE STATUS (CORE 5.7)

ITEM 8.4.1.8 UTILIZATION CLASS CODE (CORE 5.7.1)

ITEM 8.4.1.9 SUBPLOT TALLY TREE WITNESS (PNW)

ITEM 8.4.1.10 STANDING DEAD (CORE 5.7.3)

ITEM 8.4.1.11 RECONCILE (CORE 5.7.2)

ITEM 8.4.1.12 SPECIES (CORE 5.8)

ITEM 8.4.1.13 AZIMUTH (CORE 5.4)

ITEM 8.4.1.14 HORIZONTAL DISTANCE (CORE 5.5)

ITEM 8.4.1.15 SLOPE DISTANCE TO WITNESS TREE OR OBJECT (PNW)

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SECTION 8.5 DIAMETER

SUBSECTION 8.5.1 MARKING CURRENT DIAMETER

SUBSECTION 8.5.2 REMEASUREMENT TREES

SUBSECTION 8.5.3 DIAMETER ON STUMPS

SUBSECTION 8.5.4 DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT

ITEM 8.5.4.1 PREVIOUS DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT (CORE 5.9.1)

ITEM 8.5.4.2 DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT (CORE 5.9.2)

ITEM 8.5.4.3 DIAMETER CHECK (CORE 5.12)

ITEM 8.5.4.4 LENGTH TO DIAMETER MEASUREMENT POINT (CORE 5.24)

SECTION 8.6 TREE GROWTH

ITEM 8.6.0.1 10-YEAR INCREMENT (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 8.6.0.2 TREE CORE LABEL NUMBER (AFSL)

SUBSECTION 8.6.1 TREE LENGTH

ITEM 8.6.1.1 ABNORMAL TERMINATION (CORE 5.14)

ITEM 8.6.1.2 PREVIOUS ACTUAL LENGTH (PNW)

ITEM 8.6.1.3 ACTUAL LENGTH (CORE 5.15)

ITEM 8.6.1.4 PREVIOUS TOTAL LENGTH (PNW)

ITEM 8.6.1.5 TOTAL LENGTH (CORE 5.14)

ITEM 8.6.1.6 LENGTH METHOD (CORE 5.16)

ITEM 8.6.1.7 PREVIOUS LENGTH METHOD (PNW)

SUBSECTION 8.6.2 TREE LIVE CROWN MEASUREMENTS

ITEM 8.6.2.1 COMPACTED CROWN RATIO (CORE 5.19)

ITEM 8.6.2.2 CROWN CLASS (CORE 5.17)

SECTION 8.7 TREE DAMAGE

ITEM 8.7.0.1 DAMAGE AGENT 1 (CORE 5.20.1)

ITEM 8.7.0.2 DAMAGE AGENT 2 (CORE 5.20.2)

ITEM 8.7.0.3 DAMAGE AGENT 3 (CORE 5.20.3)

ITEM 8.7.0.4 ROTTEN/MISSING CULL (CORE 5.13)

ITEM 8.7.0.5 ROUGH CULL (CORE OPTIONAL 5.25)

SECTION 8.8 MISCELLANEOUS TREE MEASURED DATA ITEMS

SUBSECTION 8.8.1 STANDING DEAD OR REMOVED

ITEM 8.8.1.1 CAUSE OF DEATH (CORE 5.21)

ITEM 8.8.1.2 MORTALITY YEAR (CORE OPTIONAL 5.22)

ITEM 8.8.1.3 DECAY CLASS (CORE 5.23)

ITEM 8.8.1.4 SNAG REASON FOR DISAPPEARANCE (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 8.8.1.5 CULTURALLY KILLED (AFSL, PFSL)

SECTION 8.9 TREE NOTES

SUBSECTION 8.9.1 TREE NOTES

ITEM 8.9.1.1 TREE NOTES (CORE 5.27)

CHAPTER 9 SEEDLING DATA

SECTION 9.1 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

SUBSECTION 9.1.1 SEEDLING DATA ITEMS

ITEM 9.1.1.1 SUBPLOT NUMBER (CORE 6.1)

ITEM 9.1.1.2 CONDITION CLASS NUMBER (CORE 6.3)

ITEM 9.1.1.3 SPECIES (CORE 6.2)

ITEM 9.1.1.4 SEEDLING COUNT (CORE 6.4)

ITEM 9.1.1.5 SEEDLING NOTES (PNW)

CHAPTER 10 SITE TREE INFORMATION

SECTION 10.1 OVERVIEW

SECTION 10.2 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

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SUBSECTION 10.2.1 PLOTS WITH SITE TREES COLLECTED PREVIOUSLY

SUBSECTION 10.2.2 PRIMARY SELECTION METHOD

SECTION 10.3 SITE TREE SELECTION HIERARCHY

SECTION 10.4 ALASKA AGE TREE SELECTION

SECTION 10.5 TREE CORES

SUBSECTION 10.5.1 CORE COLLECTION

SUBSECTION 10.5.2 STRAW LABELING, STORAGE AND SHIPPING

SECTION 10.6 SITE TREE DATA ITEMS

SUBSECTION 10.6.1 SITE TREE DATA ITEMS

ITEM 10.6.1.1 SITE TREE NUMBER (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 10.6.1.2 SUBPLOT NUMBER (CORE OPTIONAL 7.2.7)

ITEM 10.6.1.3 SITE TREE STATUS (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 10.6.1.4 QUESTIONABLE SITE TREE FLAG (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 10.6.1.5 SITE/AGE TREE TYPE (AFSL)

ITEM 10.6.1.6 CONDITION CLASS LIST (CORE 7.2.1)

ITEM 10.6.1.7 TREE TAG NUMBER (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 10.6.1.8 AZIMUTH (CORE OPTIONAL 7.2.8)

ITEM 10.6.1.9 HORIZONTAL DISTANCE (CORE OPTIONAL 7.2.9)

ITEM 10.6.1.10 SPECIES (CORE 7.2.2)

ITEM 10.6.1.11 DIAMETER (CORE 7.2.3)

ITEM 10.6.1.12 SITE TREE LENGTH (CORE 7.2.4)

ITEM 10.6.1.13 TREE AGE AT DIAMETER (CORE 7.2.5)

ITEM 10.6.1.14 TREE CORE LABEL NUMBER (AFSL)

ITEM 10.6.1.15 AGE DETERMINATION METHOD (AFSL)

ITEM 10.6.1.16 NUMBER OF RINGS (AFSL)

ITEM 10.6.1.17 NUMBER OF RINGS IN INNER 2 INCHES (AFSL)

ITEM 10.6.1.18 LENGTH OF MEASURED CORE (AFSL)

ITEM 10.6.1.19 SITE INDEX (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 10.6.1.20 SITE INDEX EQUATION BASE AGE (AFSL, PFSL)

ITEM 10.6.1.21 SITE INDEX EQUATION NUMBER (PNW)

ITEM 10.6.1.22 SITE TREE NOTES (CORE 7.2.6)

CHAPTER 11 DOWN WOODY MATERIALS

SECTION 11.1 INTRODUCTION

SECTION 11.2 DEFINITION OF DOWN WOODY MATERIALS

SECTION 11.3 LOCATING AND ESTABLISHING LINE TRANSECTS

SUBSECTION 11.3.1 CWD TRANSECTS

SUBSECTION 11.3.2 FWD TRANSECTS

SECTION 11.4 PLOT-LEVEL VARIABLES FOR DWM PROTOCOL

ITEM 11.4.0.1 DWM NUMBER OF SUBPLOTS (BASE 1.25.2)

ITEM 11.4.0.2 DWM NUMBER OF TRANSECTS ON SUBPLOT (BASE 1.25.3)

ITEM 11.4.0.3 DWM TRANSECT LENGTH (BASE 1.25.4)

ITEM 11.4.0.4 DWM NOTES (BASE 1.26.6)

SECTION 11.5 TRANSECT LINE SEGMENTING

ITEM 11.5.0.1 SUBPLOT NUMBER (BASE 10.3.1)

ITEM 11.5.0.2 TRANSECT (BASE 10.3.2)

ITEM 11.5.0.3 SEGMENT NUMBER (PNW)

ITEM 11.5.0.4 SEGMENT CONDITION CLASS NUMBER (BASE 10.3.3)

ITEM 11.5.0.5 SEGMENT BEGINNING DISTANCE (BASE 10.3.4)

ITEM 11.5.0.6 SEGMENT ENDING DISTANCE (BASE 10.3.5)

ITEM 11.5.0.7 DWM TRANSECT SEGMENT SAMPLE STATUS (BASE 10.3.6)

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ITEM 11.5.0.8 DWM TRANSECT SEGMENT NONSAMPLED REASON (BASE 10.3.7)

SECTION 11.6 SAMPLING METHODS FOR COARSE WOODY DEBRIS (CWD) .241

SUBSECTION 11.6.1 TALLY RULES FOR COARSE WOODY DEBRIS (CWD)

SUBSECTION 11.6.2 MARKING CWD

SUBSECTION 11.6.3 RECORDING PROCEDURES FOR CWD

ITEM 11.6.3.1 SUBPLOT NUMBER (BASE 10.4.3.1)

ITEM 11.6.3.2 COARSE WOODY DEBRIS ID (PNW)

ITEM 11.6.3.3 TRANSECT (BASE 10.4.3.2)

ITEM 11.6.3.4 CWD CONDITION CLASS (BASE 10.4.3.3)

ITEM 11.6.3.5 PIECE ON SUBPLOT OR ANNULAR PLOT? (BASE 10.4.3.4)

ITEM 11.6.3.6 CWD SLOPE DISTANCE (PNW)

ITEM 11.6.3.7 CWD DECAY CLASS (BASE 10.4.3.6)

ITEM 11.6.3.8 SPECIES (BASE 10.4.3.7)

SUBSECTION 11.6.4 DIAMETERS

ITEM 11.6.4.1 DIAMETER AT POINT OF INTERSECTION (BASE 10.4.3.8.1)

ITEM 11.6.4.2 DIAMETER OF HOLLOW AT POINT OF INTERSECTION (BASE 10.4.3.8.2)

SUBSECTION 11.6.5 LENGTH MEASUREMENTS

ITEM 11.6.5.1 CWD LENGTH ≥3 FEET (BASE 10.4.3.9.1)

ITEM 11.6.5.2 IS THE PIECE HOLLOW? (OPTIONAL 10.4.3.10)

ITEM 11.6.5.3 PIECE INCLINATION (OPTIONAL 10.4.3.11)

ITEM 11.6.5.4 CWD HISTORY (OPTIONAL 10.4.3.12)

ITEM 11.6.5.5 PERCENT OF LOG CHARRED BY FIRE (OPTIONAL 10.4.3.13)

ITEM 11.6.5.6 COARSE WOODY DEBRIS NOTES (AFSL, PFSL)

SECTION 11.7 SAMPLING RESIDUE PILES

ITEM 11.7.0.1 PILE SUBPLOT NUMBER (BASE 10.5.1)

ITEM 11.7.0.2 PILE NUMBER (PNW)

ITEM 11.7.0.3 PILE TRANSECT (BASE 10.5.2)

ITEM 11.7.0.4 PILE CONDITION CLASS NUMBER (BASE 10.5.3)

ITEM 11.7.0.5 PILE BEGINNING DISTANCE (BASE 10.5.4)

ITEM 11.7.0.6 PILE ENDING DISTANCE (BASE 10.5.5)

ITEM 11.7.0.7 COMPACTED HEIGHT OF CWD IN PILE (BASE 10.5.6)

ITEM 11.7.0.8 PILE DECAY CLASS (BASE 10.5.7)

ITEM 11.7.0.9 PILE SPECIES (BASE 10.5.8)

ITEM 11.7.0.10 RESIDUE PILE NOTES (PNW)

SECTION 11.8 SAMPLING METHODS FOR FINE WOODY DEBRIS (FWD)

ITEM 11.8.0.1 FWD SUBPLOT NUMBER (BASE 10.6.1)

ITEM 11.8.0.2 FWD TRANSECT (BASE 10.6.2)

ITEM 11.8.0.3 FWD CONDITION CLASS NUMBER (BASE 10.6.3)

ITEM 11.8.0.4 FWD TRANSECT SEGMENT SAMPLE STATUS (BASE 10.6.4)

ITEM 11.8.0.5 FWD TRANSECT SEGMENT NONSAMPLED REASON (BASE 10.6.5)

ITEM 11.8.0.6 SMALL FWD COUNT (BASE 10.6.6)

ITEM 11.8.0.7 MEDIUM FWD COUNT (BASE 10.6.7)

ITEM 11.8.0.8 LARGE FWD COUNT (BASE 10.6.8)

ITEM 11.8.0.9 HIGH COUNT REASON (BASE 10.6.9)

ITEM 11.8.0.10 FINE WOODY DEBRIS NOTES (PNW)

SECTION 11.9 DUFF AND LITTER DEPTH MEASUREMENTS

SUBSECTION 11.9.1 DEFINITIONS

SUBSECTION 11.9.2 OVERVIEW OF MEASUREMENTS

ITEM 11.9.2.1 DUFF/LITTER SUBPLOT NUMBER (BASE 10.7.3)

ITEM 11.9.2.2 DUFF/LITTER TRANSECT (BASE 10.7.4)

ITEM 11.9.2.3 DUFF/LITTER CONDITION CLASS NUMBER (BASE 10.7.5)

ITEM 11.9.2.4 DUFF/LITTER SAMPLE STATUS (BASE 10.7.6)

ITEM 11.9.2.5 DUFF/LITTER NONSAMPLED REASON (BASE 10.7.7)

ITEM 11.9.2.6 DUFF DEPTH (BASE 10.7.8)

ITEM 11.9.2.7 LITTER DEPTH (BASE 10.7.9)

ITEM 11.9.2.8 DUFF AND LITTER METHOD (BASE 10.7.10)

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ITEM 11.9.2.9 DUFF AND LITTER NOTES (PNW)

CHAPTER 12 VEGETATION PROFILE

SECTION 12.1 VEGETATION SAMPLING DESIGN

SECTION 12.2 GENERAL DEFINITIONS

SECTION 12.3 VEGETATION DATA COLLECTION LOCATION

SUBSECTION 12.3.1 SUBPLOT - LEVEL DATA ITEMS

ITEM 12.3.1.1 SUBPLOT NUMBER (CORE OPTIONAL 8.3.1)

ITEM 12.3.1.2 VEGETATION SUBPLOT NOTES (CORE OPTIONAL 3.14)

SECTION 12.4 SPECIES COMPOSITION

ITEM 12.4.0.1 SPECIES CODE (CORE OPTIONAL 8.5.2)

ITEM 12.4.0.2 UNIQUE SPECIES NUMBER (CORE OPTIONAL 8.5.3)

ITEM 12.4.0.3 SPECIES CODE TYPE (PNW)

ITEM 12.4.0.4 SPECIES CODE STATUS (PNW)

ITEM 12.4.0.5 SPECIMEN OFFICIALLY COLLECTED (CORE OPTIONAL 8.5.6)

ITEM 12.4.0.6 P2 SPECIMEN NOT COLLECTED REASON CODE (CORE OPTIONAL 8.5.8)

ITEM 12.4.0.7 SPECIMEN LABEL NUMBER (CORE OPTIONAL 8.5.7)

ITEM 12.4.0.8 SPECIES GROWTH HABIT (CORE OPTIONAL 8.5.1)

ITEM 12.4.0.9 SPECIES VEGETATION LAYER (CORE OPTIONAL 8.5.5)

ITEM 12.4.0.10 SPECIES CANOPY COVER (CORE OPTIONAL 8.5.4)

ITEM 12.4.0.11 VEGETATION SPECIES NOTES (CORE OPTIONAL 8.5.9)

SECTION 12.5 VEGETATION STRUCTURE

ITEM 12.5.0.1 CONDITION CLASS NUMBER (CORE OPTIONAL 8.3.2)

ITEM 12.5.0.2 TALLY TREE SPECIES COVER LAYER 1 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.1)

ITEM 12.5.0.3 TALLY TREE SPECIES COVER LAYER 2 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.2)

ITEM 12.5.0.4 TALLY TREE SPECIES COVER LAYER 3 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.3)

ITEM 12.5.0.5 TALLY TREE SPECIES COVER LAYER 4 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.4)

ITEM 12.5.0.6 TALLY TREE SPECIES COVER – AERIAL VIEW (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.5)

ITEM 12.5.0.7 NON-TALLY TREE SPECIES COVER LAYER 1 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.6)

ITEM 12.5.0.8 NON-TALLY TREE SPECIES COVER LAYER 2 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.7)

ITEM 12.5.0.9 NON-TALLY TREE SPECIES COVER LAYER 3 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.8)

ITEM 12.5.0.10 NON-TALLY TREE SPECIES COVER LAYER 4 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.9)

ITEM 12.5.0.11 NON-TALLY TREE SPECIES COVER – AERIAL VIEW (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.10)

ITEM 12.5.0.12 SHRUB, SUBSHRUB, WOODY VINE COVER LAYER 1 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.11)

ITEM 12.5.0.13 SHRUB, SUBSHRUB, WOODY VINE COVER LAYER 2 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.12)

ITEM 12.5.0.14 SHRUB, SUBSHRUB, WOODY VINE COVER LAYER 3 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.13)

ITEM 12.5.0.15 SHRUB, SUBSHRUB, WOODY VINE COVER LAYER 4 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.14)

ITEM 12.5.0.16 SHRUB, SUBSHRUB, AND WOODY VINE COVER—AERIAL VIEW (CORE OPTIONAL

8.4.15)

ITEM 12.5.0.17 FORB COVER LAYER 1 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.16)

ITEM 12.5.0.18 FORB COVER LAYER 2 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.17)

ITEM 12.5.0.19 FORB COVER LAYER 3 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.18)

ITEM 12.5.0.20 FORB COVER LAYER 4 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.19)

ITEM 12.5.0.21 FORB COVER—AERIAL VIEW (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.20)

ITEM 12.5.0.22 GRAMINOID COVER LAYER 1 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.21)

ITEM 12.5.0.23 GRAMINOID COVER LAYER 2 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.22)

ITEM 12.5.0.24 GRAMINOID COVER LAYER 3 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.23)

ITEM 12.5.0.25 GRAMINOID COVER LAYER 4 (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.24)

ITEM 12.5.0.26 GRAMINOID COVER—AERIAL VIEW (CORE OPTIONAL 8.4.25)

CHAPTER 13 INVASIVE PLANTS

SECTION 13.1 INVASIVE SPECIES SAMPLE DESIGN

SECTION 13.2 SPECIES RECORDS

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SUBSECTION 13.2.1 INVASIVE SPECIES DATA ITEMS

ITEM 13.2.1.1 SUBPLOT NUMBER (CORE OPTIONAL 9.4)

ITEM 13.2.1.2 INVASIVE PLANT DATA NOTES (CORE OPTIONAL 9.7)

ITEM 13.2.1.3 CONDITION CLASS NUMBER (CORE OPTIONAL 9.8)

ITEM 13.2.1.4 SPECIES CODE (CORE OPTIONAL 9.9)

ITEM 13.2.1.5 UNIQUE SPECIES NUMBER (CORE OPTIONAL 9.10)

ITEM 13.2.1.6 SPECIES CODE TYPE (PNW)

ITEM 13.2.1.7 SPECIES CODE STATUS (PNW)

ITEM 13.2.1.8 SPECIES CANOPY COVER (CORE OPTIONAL 9.11)

ITEM 13.2.1.9 INVASIVE SPECIMEN COLLECTED (CORE OPTIONAL 9.13)

ITEM 13.2.1.10 SPECIMEN LABEL NUMBER (CORE OPTIONAL 9.14)

ITEM 13.2.1.11 INVASIVE PLANT NOTES (CORE OPTIONAL 9.15)

CHAPTER 14 GPS COORDINATES

SECTION 14.1 REALTIME PLOT CENTER GPS COORDINATES

SUBSECTION 14.1.1 GPS UNIT SETTINGS, DATUM, AND COORDINATE SYSTEM

ITEM 14.1.1.1 GPS UNIT TYPE (CORE 1.19.3)

ITEM 14.1.1.2 GPS SERIAL NUMBER (CORE 1.19.4)

ITEM 14.1.1.3 GPS ENTRY METHOD (CORE 1.19.5)

ITEM 14.1.1.4 GPS DATUM (CORE 1.19.6)

ITEM 14.1.1.5 COORDINATE SYSTEM (CORE 1.19.7)

ITEM 14.1.1.6 GPS LOCATION TYPE (PNW)

ITEM 14.1.1.7 LATITUDE DEGREES (CORE 1.19.8.1)

ITEM 14.1.1.8 LATITUDE DECIMAL MINUTES (CORE 1.19.8.2)

ITEM 14.1.1.9 LONGITUDE DEGREES (CORE 1.19.9.1)

ITEM 14.1.1.10 LONGITUDE DECIMAL MINUTES (CORE 1.19.9.2)

ITEM 14.1.1.11 GPS ELEVATION (CORE 1.19.16)

ITEM 14.1.1.12 GPS ERROR (CORE 1.19.17)

ITEM 14.1.1.13 GPS NOTES (PNW)

SUBSECTION 14.1.2 CORRECTION FOR OFFSET LOCATION

ITEM 14.1.2.1 AZIMUTH TO PLOT CENTER (CORE 1.19.14)

ITEM 14.1.2.2 DISTANCE TO PLOT CENTER (CORE 1.19.15)

SECTION 14.2 HIGH PERFORMANCE GNSS

ITEM 14.2.0.1 HPGNSS SUBPLOT (CORE 12.1)

ITEM 14.2.0.2 HPGNSS STATUS (CORE 12.2)

ITEM 14.2.0.3 HPGNSS SERIAL NUMBER (CORE 12.3)

ITEM 14.2.0.4 HPGNSS FILENAME (CORE 12.4)

ITEM 14.2.0.5 HPGNSS AZIMUTH TO SUBPLOT CENTER (CORE 12.5)

ITEM 14.2.0.6 HPGNSS DISTANCE TO SUBPLOT CENTER (CORE 12.6)

CHAPTER 15 INTERIOR ALASKA

SECTION 15.1 INTRODUCTION

SECTION 15.2 PLOT LOCATIONS AND NONFOREST CONDITIONS

SECTION 15.3 TREE TAGGING

SUBSECTION 15.3.1 MEASUREMENT OF DIAMETER AND TAGGING OF TREES

SUBSECTION 15.3.2 PLACEMENT OF TREE NUMBER TAGS

SUBSECTION 15.3.3 EXTENDED MICROPLOT REMOVAL

SECTION 15.4 GROUND LAYER DATA

SUBSECTION 15.4.1 INTRODUCTION

SUBSECTION 15.4.2 DEFINITIONS

SUBSECTION 15.4.3 EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS

SUBSECTION 15.4.4 SAMPLE DESIGN

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SUBSECTION 15.4.5 SUBPLOT LEVEL INFORMATION

ITEM 15.4.5.1 GROUND LAYER CREW NUMBER (INTAK)

SUBSECTION 15.4.6 MICROQUAD INFORMATION

ITEM 15.4.6.1 SUBPLOT NUMBER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.4.6.2 TRANSECT (INTAK)

ITEM 15.4.6.3 MICROQUAD NUMBER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.4.6.4 MICROQUAD CONDITION CLASS NUMBER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.4.6.5 MICROQUAD STATUS CODE (INTAK)

ITEM 15.4.6.6 PERCENT SNOW COVER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.4.6.7 TRAMPLING CODE (INTAK)

ITEM 15.4.6.8 NOTES (INTAK)

SUBSECTION 15.4.7 FUNCTIONAL GROUP DETAILS

ITEM 15.4.7.1 SUBPLOT NUMBER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.4.7.2 TRANSECT (INTAK)

ITEM 15.4.7.3 MICROQUAD NUMBER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.4.7.4 FUNCTIONAL GROUP (INTAK)

ITEM 15.4.7.5 COVER CLASS (INTAK)

ITEM 15.4.7.6 DEPTH CLASS OF FUNCTIONAL GROUP (INTAK)

ITEM 15.4.7.7 NOTES (INTAK)

SECTION 15.5 SOILS DATA - MEASUREMENTS AND SAMPLING

SUBSECTION 15.5.1 INTRODUCTION

SUBSECTION 15.5.2 SUMMARY OF METHOD

SUBSECTION 15.5.3 DEFINITIONS

SUBSECTION 15.5.4 FIELD GEAR UNIQUE TO THE SOIL INDICATOR

SUBSECTION 15.5.5 SOIL MEASUREMENT SAMPLING LOCATIONS

ITEM 15.5.5.1 SUBPLOT NUMBER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.5.2 VISIT NUMBER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.5.3 CONDITION CLASS (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.5.4 SOIL SAMPLE STATUS CODE (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.5.5 SOIL CORE SIZE (INTAK)

SUBSECTION 15.5.6 DEPTH OF UNFROZEN GROUND

ITEM 15.5.6.1 DEPTH OF UNFROZEN GROUND NORTH (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.6.2 UNFROZEN GROUND NORTH SUBSTRATE (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.6.3 DEPTH OF UNFROZEN GROUND SOUTH (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.6.4 UNFROZEN GROUND SOUTH SUBSTRATE (INTAK)

SUBSECTION 15.5.7 MEASUREMENT OF LITTER LAYER

ITEM 15.5.7.1 LITTER THICKNESS NORTH (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.7.2 LITTER THICKNESS EAST (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.7.3 LITTER THICKNESS SOUTH (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.7.4 LITTER THICKNESS WEST (INTAK)

SUBSECTION 15.5.8 ASSEMBLY OF SOIL SAMPLER

SUBSECTION 15.5.9 OPERATION AND SAMPLING OF CORER

ITEM 15.5.9.1 DEPTH OF CORED HOLE (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.9.2 SOIL NOTES (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.9.3 SUBSTRATE AT BOTTOM OF CORE (INTAK)

SUBSECTION 15.5.10 MEASUREMENT OF ORGANIC LAYERS AND MINERAL SOIL FOR

LABORATORY ANALYSIS

ITEM 15.5.10.1 THICKNESS OF GREEN MOSS/LICHEN LAYER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.2 THICKNESS OF IDENTIFIABLE PARTS ORGANIC LAYER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.3 THICKNESS OF UNIDENTIFIABLE PARTS ORGANIC LAYER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.4 THICKNESS OF SAMPLED MINERAL SOIL LAYER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.5 THICKNESS OF UNKNOWN MATERIAL LAYER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.6 TEXTURE OF MINERAL SOIL LAYER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.7 LITTER LAYER COLLECTED STATUS CODE (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.8 LITTER LAYER SPECIMEN LABEL NUMBER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.9 GREEN MOSS/LICHEN LAYER COLLECTED STATUS CODE (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.10 GREEN MOSS/LICHEN LAYER SPECIMEN LABEL NUMBER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.11 IDENTIFIABLE PARTS LAYER COLLECTED STATUS CODE (INTAK)

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ITEM 15.5.10.12 IDENTIFIABLE PARTS LAYER SPECIMEN LABEL NUMBER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.13 UNIDENTIFIABLE PARTS LAYER COLLECTED STATUS CODE (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.14 UNIDENTIFIABLE PARTS LAYER SPECIMEN LABEL NUMBER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.15 MINERAL SOIL LAYER COLLECTED STATUS CODE (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.16 MINERAL SOIL LAYER SPECIMEN LABEL NUMBER (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.17 UNKNOWN SOIL LAYER COLLECTED STATUS CODE (INTAK)

ITEM 15.5.10.18 UNKNOWN SOIL LAYER SPECIMEN LABEL NUMBER (INTAK)

APPENDIX A HISTORICAL INVENTORY INFORMATION

SECTION A.1 THE INVENTORY OF ALASKA

SUBSECTION A.1.1 HISTORICAL INVENTORY INFORMATION

APPENDIX B REFERENCE INFORMATION

SECTION B.1 STATE CODES

SECTION B.2 COUNTY CODES

SUBSECTION B.2.1 ALASKA COUNTY CODES

SECTION B.3 SLOPE CORRECTION TABLE

SECTION B.4 METRIC EQUIVALENTS AND AIDS

APPENDIX C FOREST TYPE CODES

SECTION C.1 FOREST TYPE CODES

APPENDIX D FIA TREE SPECIES CODES

SECTION D.1 FIA TREE SPECIES CODES

APPENDIX E TREE CODING GUIDE

SECTION E.1 TREE CODING GUIDE

APPENDIX F DAMAGE CODES

SECTION F.1 TREE DAMAGE REFERENCE INFORMATION

SUBSECTION F.1.1 DEFINITIONS

SUBSECTION F.1.2 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF BOARD FOOT VOLUME

SUBSECTION F.1.3 HAWKSWORTH RATING SYSTEM

SUBSECTION F.1.4 SHADE TOLERANCE OF ALASKAN TREE SPECIES

SECTION F.2 DAMAGE CODES

APPENDIX G RESERVED AND ADMINISTRATIVELY WITHDRAWN STATUS BY

OWNER AND LAND DESIGNATION

SECTION G.1 RESERVED AND ADMINISTRATIVELY WITHDRAWN STATUS . . .357

SUBSECTION G.1.1 COASTAL ALASKA RESERVED LANDS

APPENDIX H SITE INDEX EQUATION NUMBERS

SECTION H.1 SITE INDEX EQUATION NUMBERS

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APPENDIX I UNKNOWN PLANT SPECIMEN COLLECTION

SECTION I.1 UNKNOWN PLANT SPECIMEN COLLECTION

APPENDIX J STOCKING TABLES

SECTION J.1 INTRODUCTION

SECTION J.2 DETERMINING THE STOCKING LEVEL OF A CONDITION

SUBSECTION J.2.1 BACKGROUND

SUBSECTION J.2.2 INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE STOCKING TABLES MANUALLY 365

SECTION J.3 USING STOCKING VALUES TO ASSIGN FOREST TYPE

SECTION J.4 USING STOCKING VALUES TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN STAND

SIZE CLASS 0 (NONSTOCKED) AND OTHER STAND SIZE CLASSES

SECTION J.5 STOCKING VALUES FOR ALL TREES < 7 INCHES, OBSERVED ON

THE FOUR SUBPLOTS ONLY

SECTION J.6 STOCKING VALUES FOR ALL TREES 5.0 INCHES AND GREATER

OBSERVED ON THE FOUR SUBPLOTS ONLY

SECTION J.7 STOCKING VALUES FOR ALL TREES <7 INCHES OBSERVED ON

ONE ACRE

SECTION J.8 STOCKING VALUES FOR ALL TREES 5.0 INCHES AND GREATER

OBSERVED ON ONE ACRE

APPENDIX K QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL (QA/QC)

SECTION K.1 QA/QC PLOTS TYPES

SECTION K.2 QA/QC CHECK PLOT SELECTION

SECTION K.3 BLIND AND COLD CHECK PROCEDURES

SUBSECTION K.3.1 BLIND CHECK FIELD PROCEDURES

SUBSECTION K.3.2 COLD CHECK PROCEDURES

SUBSECTION K.3.3 INTEGRITY OF QA/QC CHECK PLOT DATA

SECTION K.4 DOWNLOADING BLIND AND COLD CHECK DATA

SECTION K.5 COLD CHECK REVIEW SESSION

APPENDIX L LASER INSTRUCTIONS

SECTION L.1 LASER 200 INSTRUCTIONS

SUBSECTION L.1.1 OVERVIEW

SUBSECTION L.1.2 BASIC OPERATION

SUBSECTION L.1.3 SETTINGS

SUBSECTION L.1.4 FILTER AND REFLECTORS

SUBSECTION L.1.5 DISTANCE AND PERCENT SLOPE

SUBSECTION L.1.6 TREE HEIGHTS

SUBSECTION L.1.7 GATES

SUBSECTION L.1.8 CUMULATIVE DISTANCES

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APPENDIX M GPS OPERATING GUIDE

SECTION M.1 OVERVIEW

SECTION M.2 INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPERATING THE JAVAD TRIUMPH 2

RECEIVERS

SUBSECTION M.2.1 FIELD DATA COLL PROTOCOL WITH TRIUMPH 2 RECEIVER

SUBSECTION M.2.2 BLUETOOTH PAIRING (TRIMBLE RANGER 7 AND PC)

SUBSECTION M.2.3 COLLECTING HPGNSS RECORDINGS THROUGH MIDAS (PRIMARY

METHOD)

SUBSECTION M.2.4 MANUALLY COLLECTING HPGNSS DATA VIA TRIUMPH 2 BUTTONS

(BACKUP OPTION)

SUBSECTION M.2.5 TROUBLESHOOTING DATA COLLECTION IN THE FIELD

SUBSECTION M.2.6 COPYING AND TRANSFERRING HPGNSS RECORDINGS THROUGH

MIDAS

SUBSECTION M.2.7 JAVAD BATTERY LEVEL & STORAGE INDICATION VIA MIDAS. . . 388

SUBSECTION M.2.8 DELETING HPGNSS FILES THROUGH MIDAS

SUBSECTION M.2.9 DOWNLOAD FILES FROM THE TRIUMPH 2 TO A COMPUTER USING

JAVAD NETVIEW SOFTWARE

SUBSECTION M.2.10 VERIFY THE OAF IS LOADED CORRECTLY

SUBSECTION M.2.11 ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT INTERFACING WITH RECEIVER . 395

SUBSECTION M.2.12 CONTROL THE JAVAD RECEIVER WITH A PHONE OR TABLET . 395

SECTION M.3 GARMIN GPSMAP 76CX AND 60 CSX UNITS

SUBSECTION M.3.1 GPS KEYPAD LAYOUT AND COMMANDS

SUBSECTION M.3.2 GPS SETUP OPTIONS

SUBSECTION M.3.3 GPS UNIT SETUP

SUBSECTION M.3.4 MAIN MENU PAGES

SUBSECTION M.3.5 CUSTOMIZING NAVIGATION SCREENS

SUBSECTION M.3.6 OPERATING THE GPS ON PLOT

SUBSECTION M.3.7 CREATING A WAYPOINT (WHEN COORDS ARE PROVIDED)

SUBSECTION M.3.8 MARKING (STORING) CURRENT LOCATION AS A WAYPOINT . . . 398

SUBSECTION M.3.9 NAMING WAYPOINTS

SUBSECTION M.3.10 NAVIGATING WITH THE GPS

SECTION M.4 RECORDING GPS INFORMATION

SECTION M.5 BATTERIES

APPENDIX N REFERENCE FIELD TECHNIQUES

SECTION N.1 MEASURING HEIGHTS USING A CLINOMETER

SECTION N.2 CALCULATING HORIZONTAL DISTANCE

SECTION N.3 LIMITING DISTANCE NAIL GUIDANCE

APPENDIX O COMPLETING A PLOT

SECTION O.1 PREFIELD INSTRUCTIONS

SECTION O.2 MIDAS VALIDATIONS

SECTION O.3 ELECTRONIC PLOT FOLDERS

SECTION O.4 PLOT DATA FILE

SUBSECTION O.4.1 MIDAS PLOT FILE TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS

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SUBSECTION O.4.2 INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING THE USB DRIVE FOR USE (MUST BE

COMPLETED BEFORE FIRST USE):

SUBSECTION O.4.3 INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRANSFERRING PLOTS FROM THE RANGER 7

TO THE USB DRIVE:

SUBSECTION O.4.4 INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRANSFERRING PLOTS FROM THE USB DRIVE

TO THE LAPTOP:

SECTION O.5 PLOT PRINTOUT

SUBSECTION O.5.1 GENERATING THE PLOT DATA PRINTOUT

SUBSECTION O.5.2 BOUNDARY VIEWER

SUBSECTION O.5.3 TREE HEIGHT-DBH GRAPH

SECTION O.6 PLOT EDIT

SECTION O.7 PLOT CARD

SUBSECTION O.7.1 HEADER

SUBSECTION O.7.2 LZ/TR DATA

SUBSECTION O.7.3 PLOT TRAVEL TIME

SUBSECTION O.7.4 PLOT DIAGRAM

SUBSECTION O.7.5 LOCATION MAP

SECTION O.8 IMAGES

SUBSECTION O.8.1 GENERAL INFORMATION

SECTION O.9 LANDOWNER PERMISSION

SECTION O.10 HPGNSS ROVER FILES (JAVAD FILES)

SECTION O.11 PLOT PACKAGER INSTRUCTIONS FOR LOADING PLOT DATA

AND EPF FILES

SUBSECTION O.11.1 USE OF PLOT PACKAGER TOOL

SUBSECTION O.11.2 PACKAGING PLOTS PRIOR TO LOADING

SUBSECTION O.11.3 LOADING PACKAGED PLOTS INTO MIDAS

SECTION O.12 SUMMARY OF ELECTRONIC PLOT FOLDER FILE NAMES AND

FOLDER LOCATIONS

SUBSECTION O.12.1 PRODUCTION PLOTS (PLOT STATUS = 1 OR 2)

SUBSECTION O.12.2 NONSAMPLED PLOTS (PLOT STATUS = 3)

SUBSECTION O.12.3 COLD CHECK PLOTS

APPENDIX P MAPER TABLE

SECTION P.1 MAPER TABLE

APPENDIX Q PLOT FORMS

SECTION Q.1 PLOT FORMS

SUBSECTION Q.1.1 PLOT LEVEL DATA

SUBSECTION Q.1.2 GPS UNIT SETTINGS, DATUM, AND COORDINATE SYSTEM

SUBSECTION Q.1.3 CONDITION CLASS

SUBSECTION Q.1.4 DETERMINATION OF CROWN COVER VALUES

SUBSECTION Q.1.5 SUBPLOT INFORMATION

SUBSECTION Q.1.6 UNLISTED TREES

SUBSECTION Q.1.7 BOUNDARY REFERENCES

SUBSECTION Q.1.8 TREE TRACKING DATA

SUBSECTION Q.1.9 SEEDLING DATA

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SUBSECTION Q.1.10 SITE TREE INFORMATION

SUBSECTION Q.1.11 DOWN WOODY MATERIAL

SUBSECTION Q.1.12 COARSE WOODY DEBRIS DATA FORM

SUBSECTION Q.1.13 FINE WOODY DEBRIS

SUBSECTION Q.1.14 DUFF AND LITTER DEPTH MEASUREMENTS

SUBSECTION Q.1.15 RESIDUE PILES

SUBSECTION Q.1.16 VEGETATION SPECIES COMPOSITION

SUBSECTION Q.1.17 VEGETATION STRUCTURE

SUBSECTION Q.1.18 INVASIVE SPECIES

SUBSECTION Q.1.19 UNKNOWN SPECIMEN LABEL

SUBSECTION Q.1.20 PLOT CARD

APPENDIX R OWNERSHIP PROCEDURES

SECTION R.1 INTRODUCTION

SECTION R.2 OWNERSHIP DATA ITEMS

ITEM 15.5.10.19 RECORD TYPE (CORE A13.5)

ITEM 15.5.10.20 OWNERSHIP TYPE (CORE A13.6)

ITEM 15.5.10.21 OWNER NAME (CORE A13.9)

ITEM 15.5.10.22 OWNER SUBNAME (CORE A13.10)

ITEM 15.5.10.23 FIRST NAME OWNER (CORE A13.11)

ITEM 15.5.10.24 MIDDLE NAME OWNER (CORE A13.12)

ITEM 15.5.10.25 LAST NAME OWNER (CORE A13.13)

ITEM 15.5.10.26 OWNER CODE (AFSL, PACI)

ITEM 15.5.10.27 OWNERSHIP CONDITION LIST (CORE A13.8)

ITEM 15.5.10.28 PLOT CENTER OWNER (CORE OPTIONAL A13.7)

ITEM 15.5.10.29 PLOT LAND OWNER (AFSL, PACI)

ITEM 15.5.10.30 ACCESS GRANTED (CORE OPTIONAL A13.68)

ITEM 15.5.10.31 OWNERSHIP REQUESTS NOTICE (CORE OPTIONAL A13.71)

ITEM 15.5.10.32 KEY COMBO REQUIRED (AFSL, PACI)

ITEM 15.5.10.33 LAND PERMIT REQUIRED (AFSL

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