Indicator
Pattern: Stand Composition And Age
Basics
Pattern: Stand Composition And Age
Stand Composition & Age
Action
Program
Each Unit (number)
VP10: Pattern –Provide for the proper juxtaposition of vegetation communities and age classes by; 2. Adjacent openings shall not be of the same relative age class or successional stage to avoid uniformity in stand composition and age.
Has TRPA adopted appropriate policies, ordinances and/or programs to support the proper juxtaposition of vegetation communities and age classes?
This Indicator is reported in the following LT Info areas:
Accomplishments

The distribution of seral stages by canopy class is categorized as follows: Open Canopy is defined as having less than 40% coverage, while Closed Canopy has more than 40% coverage. The seral stages are classified based on quadratic mean diameter (QMD): Early Seral includes stands with an average QMD of less than 11 inches, Mid Seral encompasses stands with a QMD between 11 and 25 inches, and Late Seral consists of stands with a QMD greater than 25 inches.

Data provided by the USDA Forest Service, R5 Remote Sensing Lab. Access detailed datasets on Tahoe Open Data, including, vegetation type summary, vegetation spatial data, and detailed vegetation attributes.

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Stand Composition And Age
General

No monitoring programs are yet associated with this indicator.

Associated Programs data not provided.