ALL DATABASE FIELDS
|
Field Name |
Description |
|
KEY |
Unique key combination of map
number- polygon number and year |
|
MAP |
Provincial 212 grid of maps |
|
STAND |
Polygon number unique to the
map only |
|
LANDTYPE |
General land type |
|
SPECIES |
Tree species where identified
by the photo interpreter |
|
ORIGIN |
Site origin |
|
AREA |
Area in hectares |
|
LANDUSE |
General land use as generated
from the land type |
Land Type Codes
|
AL |
Alders |
|
BN |
Barren |
|
BO |
Bog |
|
CC |
Clearcut |
|
CL |
Cleared
land also includes agriculture |
|
CO |
Salt
marsh areas (coastal) |
|
FC |
Forest
cover (small blocks of forest =< 1 hectare not classified to species) |
|
HH |
>75%
hardwood species |
|
HS |
50-75%
hardwood species |
|
MW |
50%
softwood, 50% hardwood |
|
OR |
Orchard |
|
PC |
Harvested
area partial cut |
|
PN |
Forest
plantation |
|
RD |
Road
(from 1985/88 base mapping) |
|
RR |
Railway
right of way (from 1985/88 base mapping) |
|
RV |
Land
reverting to forest |
|
SH |
50-75%
softwood species |
|
SS |
>75%
softwood species |
|
WL |
Open
wetland (includes sand dunes) |
|
WW |
Open
water |
Species Codes
Primarily
used to classify forest growing on former agriculture land
|
AL |
Alder |
|
BS |
Black
spruce |
|
CE |
Cedar |
|
LA |
Eastern
larch |
|
PO |
Poplar |
|
WS |
White
spruce |
Site Origin
OF old
field, forest has regenerated on former agriculture land
Land Use Codes
|
ALDER |
alder AL |
|
DEVELOPED |
includes RR, RD, & CL |
|
FOREST |
includes CC, FC, HH, HS, MW,
PC, PN, SS, & SH |
|
ORCHARD |
orchard OR |
|
REVERTING |
land reverting from cleared
land to forest BN & RV |
|
WETLAND |
includes BO, WL, & WW |
Summary report
Prince Edward Island, 1935/36
Forest Covertype Mapping,
May 1997, by William M. Glen, Silviculture Development, Forestry Division,
Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
Forest Management Note Number
18, Prince Edward Island Forest Succession 1935 - 1990, 1998 by William
M. Glen, Silviculture Development, Forestry Division, Department of Agriculture
and Forestry