FAO |
IGBP |
China CAS |
U.S. MRLC |
Closed forest |
1. Evergreen needleleaf forest5 2. Evergreen broadleaf forest 3. Deciduous needleleaf forest 4. Deciduous broadleaf forest 5. Mixed forest |
1. Forest (natural or man-made) |
41. Deciduous forest 42. Evergreen forest 43. Mixed forest 91. Woody wetlands |
Open or fragmented forest |
8. Woody savanna6 |
3. Open forest or woodland |
|
Other wooded land |
6. Closed shrubland |
2. Shrub 4. Other wooded land |
51. Shrubland |
Other land cover |
7. Open shrubland 9. Savanna 10. Grassland 11. Wetland 12. Cropland 13. Urban 14. Cropland / natural vegetation mosaic 15. Barren 16. Permanent ice and snow. |
Classes 5-30 (barren, urban and rural settlements, agriculture, grassland classes) |
12. Perennial ice/snow 21. Low intensity residential 22. High intensity residential 23. Commercial/industrial/ transportation 31. Bare rock/sand/clay 32. Quarries/strip mine/ gravel pits 33. Transitional 61. Orchard/vineyard/other 71. Grassland/herbaceous 81. Pasture/hay 82. Row crops 83. Small grains 84. Fallow 85. Urban/recreational grass 92. Emergent herbaceous wetlands |
5 All five IGBP forest classes are defined as having a canopy cover greater than 60% (see Belward, 1996).
6 Forest canopy cover for this class is between 30-60%.
