Generic Forest Health Surveys Guidebook

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Appendix 2
Composition of Inventory Type Groups (ITGs)

Note: For all inventory type groups, any third species is possible.

INVENTORY TYPE GROUP		FIRST SPECIES	SECOND SPECIES	EXAMPLES
1	F	F 81%+ F	Any Pw	F, FPw, FPwC FPw, FPwc
2	FC	F	C or Cy	FC, FCy, FCH
3	FH	F	H or B	FH, FB, FHC, FBH
4	FS	F	S	FS, FSB, FSH
5	FPl	F	Pl	FPl, FPlH, FPlPy
6	Fpy	F	Py	FPy, FPyL, FPyPl
7	FL	F	L	FL, FlPy, FLS
8	Fdecid.	F	Deciduous	FMb, FCot, FA
9	C	C or Cy, 81%+ C or Cy	Any C, Cy, Pw, Pl, or Decid.	C, Cy, CCy, CPl, CD CyPl, CyC, CyCH
10	CF	C or Cy	F or L	CF, Cl, CyF, CFH
11	CH	C or Cy	H, B, or S	CH, CB, CS, CyH
12	H	H 81% H	Any Pw or Pl	H, HPw, HPl, HPlCy HPw, HPl, HPlCy
13	HF	H	F or L	HF, HL, HFC
14	HC	H	C or Cy	HC, HCy, HCCy, HCB
15	HB	H	B	HB, HBS, HBC
16	HS	H	S	HS, HSB, HSCot
17	Hdecid.	H	Deciduous	HCot, HD, HCotB
18	B	B 81%+ B	Any F, Pw, Pl, L, or Decid.	B, BF, BPw, BPl, BL BF, BPw, BPl, BL, BA
19	BH	B	H, C or Cy	BH, BC, BCy, BHC
20	BS	B	S	BS, BSPl, BSA
21	S	S 81% S	Any Cy, Pw	S, SCy, SPw SCy, SPw
22	SF	S	F, L, or Py	SF, Sl, SPy, SFB
23	SH	S	H or C	SH, SC, SHCot
24	SB	S	B	SB, SBCot, SBH
25	SPl	S	Pl	SPl, SPlB, SPlF
26	SDecid.	S	Deciduous	SA, Scot, SCotB
27	PwPa	Pw or Pa	Any	Pw, PwF, PwCH
28	Pl	Pl 81%+	Any	Pl
29	PlF	Pl	F, Py, or L	PlF, PlPy, PlL, PlFH
30	PIS	Pl	S, B, H, Pw, C, or Cy	PlS, PlB, PIH, PlBS
31	PlDecid.	Pl	Deciduous	PlA
32	Py	Py	Any	Py, PyF, PyL, PyPlF
33	LF	L	F	LF, LFPy
34	L	L	Any except F	L, LPy, LPl, LPyF
35	CotConif.	Cot	Coniferous	CotS, CotH
36	CotDecid	Cot	Deciduous	Cot, CotA
37	DConif	D	Coniferous	DF, DCH
38	DDecid	D	Deciduous	D, DMb
39	Mb	Mb	Any	Mb, MbD, MbF
40	Bi	Bl	Any	Bi, BiA, BiS
41	AConif	A	Coniferous	APl, As, AF
42	ADecid	A	Deciduous	A, ACot, ABi