CruiseComp Forest Inventory Module User Manual
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1. ta aaa ua qhasa yuyan nnns 4 Figure 4 Site Index Specles Curves a n ede ced eee es 5 Figure 5 Site Index Tree Selection 6 Figure oe TUNICS ecd os oid Figure 7 Layer RUICS Crem sss eoe 8 Figure 8 Example forest inventory by height classes 9 Figure 9 Layers for height e DB a eot Cre a vin nuka Va ee ne uus tei tu atn e Red ti 10 Figure 10 Height and DBH classes used 11 Figure 17 s Saving an tete bote 12 FIGuUre 12 Opening Wier illac 13 Figure 13 Prompt when importing an fiv 13 Figure 14 Choosing forest inventory reports eae ade aua Ede oe 14 Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Forest Inventory Module Poge 1 1 FOREST INVENTORY MODULE T l INTRODUCTION The Industrial Forestry Service Forest Inventory Module greatly increases the value and versatility of CruiseComp software This module allows the user to select trees for2. Forest Inventory Module 5 Ext Forest Inventory by Tree Block Strip Plot 041 042 051 061 092 Tree a 8 10 5 11 3 lz z 3 3 4 4 5 5 8 z a z ad z a au 4 z 3 ar z 34 4 35 3 41 4 Sam les Species Doug Fir Doug Fir Hemlock Doug Fir Doug Fir Hemlock Dorig Fir Dorig Fir Doig Fir Dorig Fir Hemlock Doug Fir Hemlock Dorig Fir Doug Fir Doug Fir Doug Fir 6 Operational Forest Inventory Layer 40 m 30 40 20 30 m 10 20 m Species Dowug Fir Total Hemlaock Dowgy Fir TI E Cedar Total T R Cedar Henl ock Birch Cottonwood Total TT E Cedar Total Met Merch Merch Stems ha Merch Baha Tas LivebP Snags LiveDP Snags 83 100 20 6 TLL 23 100 20 6 ul 283 65 158 3 28 22 99 23 46 4 8 3 sz 12 17 6 5 4 434 100 zzz z 35 5 75 43 128 0 8 2 43 z9 133 7 4 9 24 16 75 0 2 3 8 6 8 8 0 9 150 l 345 5 16 3 12 100 95 0 2 7 12 100 95 0 7 Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Layer gt 3 b5 cm 3Um L cm 20 301 3 cm 30m b5 cm Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Tnspeci fied Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Height 52 53 29 50 51 48 Bu 50 51 d 47 47 40 46 46 45 44 nari A ge 23 111 42 110 103 28 S36 97 S85 59 S34 al B TZ 7
3. CruiseComp Forest Inventory Module User Manual Feb 2 2010 Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Forest Inventory Module Poge i Table of Contents 1 FOREST INVENTORY MODUIE 1 os uma amna nm E uu ju ROD UC TIVITY Duman ULM EE T os PEE 1 4 sFORESTINVEN TORY MAIN SCREEN zu uuu um amu L uu ao Pa 2 fo DA ASP isset EM tee as mtb DLP MISI 3 1 6 SITE INDEX SPECIES CURVES uu uuu u aa a apaypash aq nais u a Susu ayasa Bi sk a upas 4 Lh HOI TEIND EG TREE SELECTION reier E 5 LAYER i uu umo Das aa mayka A 6 1 9 SAVING FOREST INVENTORY SETTINGS a 12 1 10 LOADING A FOREST INVENTORY FILE 0 0 01000000 0000000 13 K u i uay za ana Susa maaa A 14 List of Figures Figure 1 Forest Inventory Main Screen e u kuu a 2 Figure 2 s Sample less Card E 3 Figure Total age field on the 2Card Trees
4. 53 5 Caz 3 gt SO m 21 0 F100 309 1 F100 F 51 2 aS 38 40 50 m 25 3 F53 Hl 397 2 F79 21 47 2 35 H 471 94 34 30 40 m 12 1 Hes 155 0 F71 Hz3 z 30 m 4 5 Hl 38 1 10 Z m 3 0 H100 15 3 HlDD 4 gt 50 m 27 8 F56 H4 431 5 F95 H5 40 50 m 19 4 F59 279 6 F58 Hz F 46 5 au 98 34 H 40 9 31 se 29 30 40 m 8 9 Fess 104 2 F88 z 30 m 1 0 Hl 9 5 Hl l Z m 1 8 HS 11 2 HSS C42 1 1 5 3 Using layers to summarize height dbh classes This example shows an example for of uneven age management of drybelt Douglas Fir stands Layer 1 gt 12 5cm Layer 2 7 5 12 5 cm Layer 3 gt 1 3m and lt 7 5cm Layer 4 lt 1 3m Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Forest Inventory Module Page 10 Layer Rules sea spes moe Wen nom oon 94 Laver 10 125 833 212 5cm Fh 1257 5 12 5cm 1 3 999 01 75 gt 1 3m lt 5em 1 1 3 z1 3m Figure 9 Layers for height amp DBH Het Merch Merch 2temz ha Merch Basha All 2temz ha All Aro Aer Volume Layer Species 113 he LiveDF Snags LiveDP Snags LiveDP Bra gS Livel P Snags Hei ght Tree 1z 5cm Dowg Fir 106 1 233 4 10 3 16 3 z W3 3459 0 z amp 8 18 2 2 4 zz 1 zu 8 0 45 Spruce 30 z 43 3 0 3 1 1 55 7 7 3 3 3 0 3 zu b 30 1 0 69 L F Fine l T 25 10 1 z l 1 106 0 14 3 16 5 11 A
5. it willbe necessary to have an age for every tree This can be done in a field called Total Age on the Trees Card Card2 If the total age is not entered for a tree the program assigns each tree an age based on the midpoint of the Age in Tens for the plot For instance if there were no tree ages for a plot with the Age in Tens of 07 then each tree would be assigned an age of 65 midpoint between 60 69 yrs Two validations are performed on the Total Age column in the Trees Card 2 card one for mature tree class 5 or 7 trees and one for immature tree class 8 amp 9 trees If the total age has not been entered in the Trees Card card 2 for any of these trees validation warning will be displayed stating that there is no total age Tree class does not specify an age but only that the tree is mature or immature If you are summarizing layers based on age estimate any missing ages If the total age is missing for these trees they will be assigned the average age of the plot which defeats the whole purpose of summarizing the timber type by age groups 1 6 SITE INDEX SPECIES CURVES The Forest Inventory Module allows the user to quickly calculate the site index for all site trees This eliminates the need to spend valuable time manually calculating the site index for individual trees in the field or office Keypunch your compilation as you normally would while ensuring that the sample tree data has been entered The program calculates the s
6. 21 2 Forest Inventory by Plot Type Blek Strp Plot Layer l 041 11 11 12 13 Basal Area Gross Merch 2 Speciest Species4 66 1 Fd79 Hwl 898 1 Fd87 Hull 3 7 Hwl 43 7 H l D0 50 1 Fd 8 HwlS8 720 9 Fd8l Hwl 66 0 Fd 7 914 7 Fd80 Hwz 53 0 Fdes Hwl Cuz 856 5 Fde9 Hwl Cul 61 3 Fd74 Awl 820 4 Fd76 Hal Dr 1 1 Fal 15 3 Fd31 D 55 6 Hwll Dr 762 9 Hwee Dr5 1 4 Cwl 14 8 1 58 4 Fd83 Hu Dr 58 4 Hw amp Drs 49 2 Fd Hwl4 Dre 792 9 Fda Hwl4 Dr 2 Fdl 25 8 55 5 Fd7l HwlS8 58 8 Fd73 Hwz Cub l7 5 Fdso 175 5 Cab Fdd4 21 0 Dr Hiss 201 8 Dr S Hwzb 72 5 Fd9l 1045 4 Fd9 He Basal Gross Merch Lz ha Species uviha Species 30m gt 47 0 F100 734 7 Fl D 30m 30 S0cm 18 8 F100 260 6 F100 30m gt 34 3 Fee 502 1 F86 Cl4 l 2 m 3 cm 18 4 H100 75 4 Hl 3 m 5 cm 37 6 Fl 558 2 Fl 30m 30 S0cm 28 2 F100 381 4 Fl z 3 m 30cm 18 4 H100 218 4 H100 gt 20 5 cm 28 2 F100 433 0 F100 30m 3 B5 cm 18 4 251 5 Hl 30m 5 cm 56 4 Fl 846 0 F100 gt 20 30 50cm 8 4 Fl 135 5 F100 40 30m 30 50cm 18 4 H100 163 9 1Hl 0 0 30m lt 30cm 8 4 Fl 83 5 F100 zl m 6 1 Cl 20 8 C100 Unspecified 39 0 F100 560 5 Unspecified 52 7 HSl F49 856 4 HS F43 Unspe
7. 4 73 All Stems ha nags Tot al 106 118 47 118 110 103 103 104 a5 a4 34 luz 36 38 al su Snags 41 31 34 38 34 35 min co ko c Hei ght 5 FOr co oo Page 17 Sitelndex 37 1 35 3 33 7 34 1 35 7 32 9 40 3 36 1 27 8 34 9 34 0 34 6 28 5 34 2 38 2 36 7 35 3 Avg Volume Tree 66 Boa moa 42 49 62 45 in c LDO J in Qc c m a 04 04 79 13 58 Forest Inventory Module 7 Forest Inventory Settings Input trees Card 3 only Species Curve Description Ach Huang Titus and Lakusta 1994 Act Thrower 11997 Alberta Forest Service 115851 Eurucz 119221 uses 1952 Curtis 1990 Cure Eurucz 11925 High 2000 Dr High and Courtin 1995 Bruce 13811 Fdi Thrower and Goudie 1992 Hm Means Campbell Jobmson 1988 Hre Wiley 11972 Hwi High 1998 Milner 1992 Pli High 1999 Pur Curtis Diaz and Clendenen 1990 Py Hann Scrivani 1986 ab Alberta Forest Service 1995 Se Chen and Elinka 2000 Ss Nigh 19397 Sur High Lowve 2000 Goudie 1954 pla Pales ELSE IF type 1 AND 30 0 lt height 999 0 AMD ELSE IF
8. 53 5 107 93 111 114 106 118 35 7 34 1 37 20 30m x3 cm Eu 47 4 da Unspecified 53 1 i50 8 57 0 99 96 103 106 103 110 37 3 35 7 40 Unspecified 45 0 103 32 9 Unspecified 45 5 id6 5 51 2 89 86 94 1 27 94 1021 35 8 34 6 37 Unspecified 47 1 a9 34 34 0 Unspecified 45 5 au 35 34 2 Unspecified 40 9 91 36 22 5 Unspecified 45 5 44 5 46 3 73 Fe 74 1 20 ij 79 Sl 1 37 0 36 3 35 Unspecified 47 2 46 2 45_2 1 90 721 78 177 79 d 38 7 137 6 39 Unspecified 47 2 72 au 34 5 Unspecified 47 3 id45 8 48 75 174 76 1 gz 81 82 37 8 136 8 38 Unspecified 20 4 45 22 1 Unspecified 44 7 as lus 31 8 Layer Height Totalige SiteIndex 30m 50cm 52 2 50 4 53_5 117 99 111 114 106 119 35 7 34 1 37 1 z 3 m 3 cm 29 9 42 47 22 7 Unspecified 53 1 50 8 57 0 99 86 103 106 103 110 27 2 35 7 40 3 Unspecified 43 0 38 103 32 9 Unspecified 48 5 ide6 b5 51 z 86 94 97 94 107 35 8 134 6 37 9 Unspecified 47 1 59 34 24 0 Unspecified 46 5 9 98 34 2 Unspecified 40 9 91 96 28 5 Unspecified 45 8 44_ 6 46_9 73 YZ 20 i 79 81 1 37 0 36 3 38 2 Unspecified 47 2 46 2 45 _2 7l i 70 72 1 78 7 78 38 7 37 6 39 8 Unspecified 47 2 T en 34 5 Unspecified 47 3 45 5 48 7 75 4 75 Sz 81 82 37 8 126 8 28 8 Unspecified 20 4 45 22 1 Unspecified 44 7 328 106 21 8 Industrial Forestry Service Ltd 1 8 2 8
9. 60 yrs 72 5 Area Spec F100 F 74 5 F 74 F23 F21 C0 De Fal ies Hez HLS C4 Da H Hl4 DE HS CS H33 He C3 Gross Merch m3 ha Speciest 26 alz 720 314 236 230 TTS S 819 758 l75 201 1043 4 FRE FS1 FeO amp F59 4 F5 2 F56 2 5 F 3 FPS 5 C56 prs 4 Foe 4 Fl Hle Heo Cl HL DY He DS He CS H3 Hz CS 44 Hz5 He Cz F 52 53 45 46 47 az 47 44 T Primary species T Age 29 29 IN 73 1 TZ 745 EIE 114 106 E 98 au 73 au az 106 SI 36 37 36 34 37 33 34 38 Secondary species Page 8 T Age H 48 0 H 47 1 40 3 The program first looks the smallest sequence number starts sorting the trees that contained there first Once these trees have been assigned a layer they are no longer available for another layer The program goes through each layer in sequential numeric order until all trees in the compilation have been sorted into a layer Sequence number assignment must be considered very carefully Always give the more specific layers a sequence number t
10. I type 1 AND 30 0 lt height lt 999 0 AND ELSE IFI type 1 AND 30 0 lt height lt 999 0 AND ELSE IFI type lj AND 40 0 lt height 30 0 AND ELSE IFI type lj AND 40 0 lt height 30 0 AND ELSE IFI type lj AND 40 0 lt height 30 0 AND ELSE type 1 AND 10 0 lt height lt 70 0 AND ELSE type 1 AND 10 0 lt height lt 70 0 AND ELSE type 1 AND 10 0 lt height 40 0 AND ELSE type 1 AND 11 0 ELSE ASSIGN TO Unspecified ELSE ASSIGN TO 0nspecified lt height lt 10 0 AND 1 0 lt dbh lt 999 0 Page 18 50 0 lt dbh lt 999 0 ASSIGN TO 30m gt 50cm 30 0 lt dbh 50 0 ASSIGN TO 30m 30 S0cm 1 0 lt dbh lt 30 0 ASSIGN TO 30m z3 cm 50 0 lt dbh lt 999 0 ASSIGN TO z 30m 5 0cm 30 0 lt dbh 0 0 ASSIGN TO 20 50 30 50cm 1 0 lt dbh lt 30 0 ASSIGN 40 30m lt m 150 0 lt dbh lt 999 01 ASSIGN TO l z 0m 5 0cm 30 0 lt dbh lt 50 0 ASSIGN 10 20m 30 50cm 1 0 lt dbh 30 0 1 ASSIGN 10 20m 30cm 1 ASSIGN TO lUm Industrial Forestry Service Ltd
11. a plot are not acceptable the program will not use any trees of that species in that plot 1 8 LAYER RULES The Layer Rules interface located at the bottom of the Forest Inventory module interface allows the user to customize how the timber types will get broken down into layers Layers can be created using the following attributes Type Species Age Height and DBH Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Forest Inventory Module m Layer m S T Max Min Min eq epe Ea Age Height Height DBH bon Layer Deecription 1121 yrs BO 121 yrs BD BU yrs 40 60 yrs 1 40 yrs Figure 6 Layer Rules 1 1 4 Description of Field Names Seq Type Spcs Min Age Max Age Min Height Max Height Min DBH Max DBH Layer Layer Description The sequence is a number given to the layer and sorts the layers in numerical order from 1 to 9999 This number organizes how the layers will be displayed in the reports Sequence number 1 starts at the top and 9999 will be at the bottom The type number is entered if the user would like to specify layers for a specific timber type For instance you could set up specific layers for a timber type and then completely different layers for all other timber types Create layers by Species For instance instead of having age classes for all species combined you could break it down by age class and grouped by species Enter the minimum age for a given age class l
12. ayer Enter the maximum age for a given age class layer Enter the minimum height for a given height class layer Enter the maximum height for a given height class layer Enter the minimum dbh for a given dbh class layer Enter the maximum dbh for a given dbh class layer Enter in the name of the layer that you want to describe the layer Each layer must have a layer name Optional A field that can be used to more completely describe the layer This field is not necessary to fill in Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Forest Inventory Module 1 1 5 Examples of how the Layer Rules work 1 1 5 1 One type with its own layers and all other types with a different set of layers It may be necessary to create a different set of age class layers for one type and another set of age class layers for the rest of the types For example Min Max Min Max Max Age Age Height Height DBH gog Layer Rules 10 1 Figure 7 Layer Rules Screen 121 yrs 60 120 yrs 1 80 yrs yrs 1 60 yrs Unspecified Holds all trees not handled by ot omen The report below gives an example of the Forest Inventory by Type report using figure 7 as the setup Basal Type Layer mz ha l lzl yrs 1 3 120 yrs 67 9 z 60 yrs 50 1 3 60 yrs 66 0 4 60 yrs 59 0 5 60 yrs 51 3 60 yrs 52 8 7 60 yrs t 52 8 8 60 yrs 61 2 a 60 yrs 55 5 10 60 yrs 172 5 1 60 yrs 21 0 11
13. calculating site index summarizing cruise data and a variety of calculated fields into customizable stand layers by plot and timber type The main objective is to display the characteristics for each timber type or stratum 1 2 SITE PRODUCTIVITY Site Productivity is summarized by timber type and plot with the following attributes Basal area Basal area species composition Gross merch volume Gross merch volume species composition Primary and Secondary leading species Site tree average height Site tree average counted age Site tree average total age Site Index The program will also summarize the Site trees with the average minimum and maximum ranges for Height Counted Age Total Age and Site Index 1 3 STAND STRUCTURE There are times when it may be important to summarize timber types into different layers For instance a forester may want to know if a particular forest stand has enough timber volume to warrant a selective cut while still leaving enough understory trees Inventory Foresters can now generate summaries that indicate which timber types have multi aged layers and which ones are even aged stands The Forest Inventory Module permits the user to break the stand down into different age groups dbh classes height classes and species Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Forest Inventory Module 2 1 4 FOREST INVENTORY MAIN SCREEN There are two main sections to the Forest Inventory Module 1 Site Index calcula
14. cified 65 0 F100 1024 7 Unspecified 26 4 F43 C51 269 9 F z C36 Unspecified 31 7 F 1 Hz3 1133 6 Fez H8 Unspecified 26 0 F100 414 4 F100 Primary species C Age T Age Fd 52 2 l07 114 29 9 42 37 Fd 53 1 299 1 Fd 49 5 29 2 Fd 46 5 B 88 Fd 45 Fd 46 74 81 TE 759 L 3 Fd 47 2 Fl 78 Fd 42 2 Fe 20 Fd 47 3 TE Bz Fd 447 38 10 Primary species SI 36 34 3 36 34 36 38 39 34 38 32 p C Age T Age F 52 8 99 53 5 111 3 3 42 F 50 4 110 F 51 5 103 H 480 88 F 57 36 50 8 87 Industrial Forestry Service Ltd 106 118 47 118 110 l s l s l 4 SI 37 36 34 34 36 33 40 36 Page 15 Secondary species Hght SI Hw 48 0 88 105 33 4711 89 94 34 Hw 40 3 81 96 29 Secondary species C Age T ge SI Forest Inventory Module 3 Ext Forest Inventory by Type Type 10 11 Samp es Species Doug Fir Heml ock Doug Fir Hemlock Doug Fir Hemlock Doug Fir Hemlock Doug Fir Doug Fir Doug Fir Doug Fir Hemlock Doug Fir 4 Ext Forest Inventory by Plot Type 10 11 Samples Species Doug Fir Doug Fir Heml Doug Fir Hemlock Doug Fir Hemlock Doug Fir Doug Fir Doug Fir Doug Fir Hemlock Doug Fir Page 16 Lawyer Height Count ce Toctal ge Sitelndex b5 0cm Ez J d4
15. ed 53 0 Fee CZ 836 5 Cl F 46 5 au 55 34 H 40 9 3l 23 Unspecified 61 3 F 4 830_4 F76 HL DL Unspecified 59 85 Fes D 778 2 Fae He DS F 45 8 73 37 Unspecified 59 8 FEL H CE 773 2 FSS He C5 F 47 2 71l 768 39 Unspecified 6l 2 F Hl4 Ds 9819 7 F79 His D F 42 2 T 20 24 Unspecified 55 5 HLS C8 58 8 F73 Heo C5 F 47 3 5 sz 238 Unspecified 38 5 D36 C32 Fl4 377 4 D40 Fel Unspecified 72 5 H C3 1043 4 FS CZ F 44_7 28 106 32 As you can see in the report above only type 1 had the dbh and height classes specified The trees without a layer assigned have been deemed unspecified Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Forest Inventory Module Page 12 1 9 SAVING FOREST INVENTORY SETTINGS As stated earlier it may be of value to create and save one or more versions of forest inventory settings rather than manually re entering them with each new dataset The Forest Inventory Module allows the user to create as many forest inventory files fiv as required When the settings have been finalized click the Save button located at the mid left of the forest inventory screen Export Forest Inventory Settings Save in E Forest Inventory E E Hecent ERJ B 2 My Documents Computer E File name Coast urn 1 e My Mebwoark Save as Lupe Forest Inventory Settings P Rv j Cancel Figure 11 Saving fiv file A dialog box wi
16. hat is smaller than a less specific layer For example while referring to figure 7 if the layers in type 1 were given sequence numbers of 50 51 and 52 all trees greater than 60 years old would be assigned to sequence 20 leaving no trees for number 50 amp 51 and only some trees for number 52 Industrial Forestry Service Ltd a3 3l 102 34 S6 SI 33 34 29 Forest Inventory Module 9 Any trees are not assigned to a layer are placed into an unspecified layer The user can compile the data review the layer results and then make adjustments to the layer rules if some trees were mis placed 1 1 5 2 Using layers to summarize height layers Another way to get an idea of a timber stand s structure is to break it down into height classes The example below examines this option Figure 8 Example forest inventory by height classes Area Gross Merch Primary species Secondary species Type Layer Speciest m3 ha Speciest Sp Habt SI Sp Hgkt SI 1 gt 33 3 523 0 F100 F 522 114 36 40 50 m 15 3 F32 CS 227 7 F94 40 m 5 6 H F34 73 9 Hes 2 z 30 m 9 2 H80 Fz 94 4 Hel l Z m 3 7 H100 15 7 Hoo 10m 1 2 C100 4 2 C100 z gt 23 8 376 1 F100 F 53 1 35 106 37 40 50 m 17 4 4 Hee 65 0 H31 48 0 28 103 33 30 40 m 2 2 25 8 z 30 m 6 7 He C33
17. igure 2 Sample trees Card 3 The CC Crown Class Corr Years and Bored height fields are optional 1 1 1 Validations CruiseComp runs a set of validation checks on the forest inventory data to help ensure the integrity of the results Total Age If the Total Age does not equal the sum of the Counted Age plus the Corr Years a validation error will occur Counted Age CruiseComp first looks to use the Counted Age to calculate Site Index If the data only has the Total Age the program will take it and convert it to a Counted Age CC If the crown class is provided and the value is 1 dominant or 2 co dominant the program will treat the sample tree as a site tree If the crown class is a 3 intermediate or 4 suppressed the program will remove those trees as site trees because they are generally considered to be not suitable Bored Height The site index program uses a bored height of 1 3m plus minus 0 3 m It is not necessary to enter a bored height However if the entered bored height is not between 1 0m and 1 6m the sample tree will be removed from the calculations Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Forest Inventory Module Page 4 1 5 1 Additional Field in the 2 card trees card Header Card 3 Trees 2 Grades Card 2 User Grades Sample Trees Card 3 Growth Rates Card 5 1 Figure 3 Total age field on the 2Card Trees Card In order to break a timber type into more than one age layer
18. igure 5 Site Index Tree Selection If there not enough ideal site trees some trees with certain pathological remarks have to be included Tree growth is adversely impacted by fork crooks mistletoe or dead broken tops and therefore will not give a true representation of site index However if a significant number of trees in a timber type have these conditions it may be necessary to include them to get an idea of the site index for that stand Click on the checkbox called Include trees with these pathologies see figure 5 and then check any pathological remarks that are considered to be acceptable for site trees When the pathology checkboxes are grayed out any trees with those path remarks will be excluded even if one or more of the boxes are checked off To enable the validation of pathological remarks the Include trees with these pathologies checkbox must be checked Once the Site Index Tree Selection criteria section is complete click OK When the Validate Trees box is checked and the data is compiled the program compares any potential site trees against the validation criteria rejecting any that are not acceptable Validate Trees can be used on Use Sample Trees Only or on all trees When the Use Sample Trees Only box is unchecked and the largest diameter tree of a given species in the main plot is rejected the program will look at the next largest tree of that species in that plot If all trees of a given species in
19. ite indexes as a part of your normal compilation Check the Compile Forest Inventory check box to calculate the site index Each tree species in British Columbia has at least one site index curve to choose from Many species have several different site index equations to choose from Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Forest Inventory Module Page 5 If you would like to change the site curve for a species click on the Site Index Species Curves box to make it active Then click on the curve showing for that species and a list of available curves will drop down Click on the desired curve to select it Site Index Species Curves Compile Forest Inventory Balsam Poplar Huang Titus and Lakusta 1994 Black Cottomm 1 Thrower 1992 Trembling 74 Chen 1997 Validate Trees f RE Amabilis Fir Use Sample Trees Only Default Curves Noble Fir Coastal Weste dei E ors Forest Inventory File wi Interior Wester 77 Nigh 2000 Load Save Hed Alder 13 and Courtin 1992 Figure 4 Site Index Species Curves To return to the B C Ministry of Forests recommended curves for all the species click the Default Curves button 1 7 SITE INDEX TREE SELECTION There are several ways that cruise data can be used to calculate site index 1 1 2 Site Index Calculation without Site Tree Validation Checking the Use Sample Trees Only box means only trees from the Sample Trees card 3 of all pl
20. ll open up prompting you to name the saved file and copy the file to a folder It is recommended that you store all your forest inventory files in one folder to keep your files better organized Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Forest Inventory Module Page 13 1 10 LOADING A FOREST INVENTORY FILE Click on the Load button on the Forest Inventory interface and choose the folder where your fiv files are located Select the required file and open it Import Forest Inventory Settings Ei x Look in Forest Inventory E dbh ht layers iv E Int dry belt layers fiv Deskto p My Documents gr Computer Network File name Places Files of type Forest Inventory Settings fiv L ancel Figure 12 Opening the fiv file After clicking the Open button the program imports the fiv file into the new CruiseComp file The following message box appears CruiseComp The current settings will be overwritten Do you wish to continue Figure 13 Prompt when importing an fiv file If you d like to override the old settings with the new file click Yes If you want to keep the old settings click No If you need to create a new Forest Inventory file that is similar to an existing one open the existing one edit it then save it with a new name Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Forest Inventory Module Poge 14 1 11 REPORTS There are seven re
21. ots will be used to calculate the age of the stand and the site index To use trees from the main cruise plot leave the Use Sample Trees Only box unchecked The largest diameter tree of each tree species will be selected from each layer in each plot and will be used to calculate the site index If the tree does not have a total age CruiseComp will use the mid point of the Age in Tens for that layer in that plot as the age for that tree 1 1 3 Site Index Calculation with Site Tree Validation There is much debate on what constitutes an acceptable site index tree The Site Index Tree Selection Interface allows the user to set the criteria for selecting suitable site index trees Click on the Details button to open up the Site Index Tree Selection Interface Here the user can decide whether or not to use Crown Class 3 and 4 trees damage trees or lean trees Under normal circumstances it is not recommended that these trees be used as site trees Check or leave these boxes unchecked as appropriate Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Forest Inventory Module Page 6 Site Index Tree Selection Include Crown Class 3 and 4 Z Compile Forest Inventory Include damage trees Use Sample Trees Only Include lean trees FF Vajdale Trees Include trees with these pathologies eon Frost Blindi ont Forest Inventory File Scar Rotten ranch Load Save Porky laran Jean Bran F
22. ports available in the Forest Inventory Module Report Options Dialog Appraisal Summary Report Use Default Reports Order Map Area Statement Report Mia i Percent Reductions Applied Forest Inventory by Plot General J Double Sampling Factors Forest Inventory by Type General Field Data amp Slope Averages Operational Forest Inventory by Type General J Height Curves Forest Inventory Settings General E volume and Basal Area Ext Forest Inventory by Tree General Jh Summary Reports Ext Forest Inventory by Plat General Statistics Ext Forest Inventory by Type General Stand Stock Basal 4rea Reports Harvest Methods Lumber Recovery Factor Logs End Use Sort Forest Inventory Forest Inventory by Plot z Forest Inventory by Type z Operational Forest Inventory by Type LE Forest Inventory Settings Ei Ivl D Extended be Ext Forest Inventory by Tree x Ext Forest Inventory by Plot be Ext Forest Inventory by Type Remove All Move Up Move Down Load Save OK Cancel Figure 14 Choosing forest inventory reports Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Forest Inventory Module The reports are 1 Forest Inventory by Type Type 1 en 40 2 en 3 en 4 en 5 en 6 en 60 en 60 8 en 60 8 en 10 en 40 11 en Layer 121 yrs 60 yrs lzl yrs 121 121 yrs 121 yrs 121 yrs 121 yrs yrs 121 yrs 121 yrs 121 yrs 60 yrs 1
23. spen z 1 11 1 5 0 0 4 0 1 24 2 11 7 0 3 16 7 21 0 n z Cottornwoaod l 1 3 1 1 3 1 l5 5 34 3 0 46 Total 148 100 385 0 z6 5 21 9 ZO 5356 3 38 5 z4 5 2 9 ze 0 39 7 5 12 5cm depen 32 6 0 3 Doug Fir 340 9 52 5 2 4 0 4 L F Fine 111 3 8 Spruce 13 0 1 Total 498 5 52 5 3 6 0 4 l 3m z7 5cm Doug Fir 676 6 174 4 1 8 4 L F Fine 35 6 1 Total 15 2 174 4 1 3 0 4 zl Dowg Fir 5 1 L F Fine 5 1 0 0 Spruce 5 1 n u Total 15 4 o 0 Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Forest Inventory Module Page 11 1 1 5 4 Example of height and diameter classes Max Max cUm memo m m m x3 m gt 50cm gt rn 30 50cm gt lt 30 JU 30m gt 50cm 20 30m 30 50cm 20 30m lt 30cm 10 20m gt 50 AT ao me Figure 10 Height and DBH classes used together Basal Area Gross Merch Primary species Secondary species Layer mz ha Species uniha Speciezt Sp Hught SI Sp Hught C age SI 30m gt 40_7 C3 614 9 Foe CF F 52202 114 36 gt 3 5 cm 15 0 Hes 209 58 Hed 20 3 0 3 0 5 0cm 3 7 Hl 32 8 20 lt 30cm 5 6 H F34 61 6 Hl Fz9 H 22 3 42 47 34 10 3 cm 3 7 Hl n 15 7 HLOO 10m 1 2 C100 4 2 C100 Unspecified 50 1 FS C4 720 9 Hl C3 F 53 1 22 106 37 48 0 a8 103 33 Unspecified 66 0 Hes 914 7 Heo F 48 5 83 27 36 H 47 1 83 94 34 Unspecifi
24. tions 2 Customizable timber layers Block Areas Harvest Methods Harvest Areas Height Curve Height Equations Grades Percent Reduction Identity Compilation Standard Types Treatment Units Maon merchantable Areas Blocks Log Analysis Species Groups End Use Sort Block EUS Forest Inventory Site Index Species Curves Spe Description Use Sample Trees Only Balsam Poplar Huang Titus and Lakusta 1984 Black Cottonwood Thrower 1892 Trembling Aspen Alberta Forest Service 1905 Validate Trees uu Amabilis Fir Kurucz 1982 Subalpine Fir uses Ba Kurucz 1982 Moble Fir Curtis 1990 Coastal Western Redi Kurucz 1905 Forest Inventory File Interior Western RedciD Nigh 2000 Red Alder Migh and Courtin 1990 _ load _ Save Coastal Douglas fir 0 Bruce 19091 Layer Rules Cancel Apply Help Figure 1 Forest Inventory Main Screen Industrial Forestry Service Ltd Forest Inventory Module 3 1 5 DATA ENTRY The cruise data must include as a minimum height species dbh and either counted age and or total age for each sample tree entered into the Sample Trees Card card 9 Header 9 Trees Card 2 Grades Card 2 Sample Trees Card 3 Growth Rates Card 5 Tree Total Counted Corr Bored Ho Age Age Years Height 3 42 233 H 255 F
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