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Key Indexes

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

Vegetation Resources Inventory

VRI Field Forms

Ground Sampling and Photo Interpretation Field Cards and Guides

Ordering Sampling Field Cards”

To order multiple hardcopies of the field forms suitable for ground and photo interpretation please contact the Product Distribution Centre directly at:
toll free 1-800-282-7955; or local Victoria 250-952-4460.

When doing so please state that you wish to order the FS505 forms for ground sampling (good for both VRI and CMI/NFI) or the FS176 forms for photo interpretation ground calibration.  State specifically which cards you need and quantity.  NOTE: The VRI FS505 Field Guides are no longer in publication.

 

Ground Sampling Field Cards
Field Card Description Card No. Stock No.
VRI Header Card (CH)
1
VRI Compass Card (CP)
2
VRI Cluster Layout (CL)
3
VRI Range Sampling (RS) Shrub Transect #1
4
VRI Range Sampling (RS) Shrub Transect #2
5
VRI Coarse Woody Debris (EW) Transect #1
6
VRI Coarse Woody Debris (EC) Transect #2
7
VRI Tree Details (TD)
8
VRI Tree Loss Indicators (TL)
9
VRI Small Tree, Stump & Site Tree Data (TS)
10
VRI Auxillary Plot Card
11
VRI Ecological Description 1 (EP)
12
VRI Ecological Description 2 (ED)
13
VRI Tree & Shrub Layer (ET)
14
VRI Herb & Moss Layers (EH)
15
VRI Succession Interpretations (EO)
16
 
Ground Sampling Field Guides
Field Guides Description
Card No.
Stock No.
Field guides T1-T16, R1&2,RAND 1 & 2
 
Photo Interpretation Field Cards
  Field Card Description
Card No.
Stock No.
VRI Ground Call Summary (VS)
1
VRI Ground Call Work Space (VW)
2
VRI Measure / Count Point (VM)
3
VRI Ground Call Information Sheet (VI)
4
Forest Cover Data Entry
5