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