FIELD PLOT FORM TRACT Nº PAGE 1 1. IDENTIFICATION MUNICIPALITY TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP LATITUDE/LONGITUDE: X , Y , DATE SLOPE % ELEVATION (m) BEGINNING TIME ENDING TIME NAME OF THE PERSON FILLING OUT THIS FORM: 2. CLASIFICATION OF THE PLOT LAND USE CLASSIFICATION TOTAL VEGETATION COVER TREE COVER FOREST TYPE 0=Not wooded; 1=Uniform; 3= Scattered in clumps; 4= GROUND VEGETATION STRUCTURE COVER TREE CLASSES Nº SPATIAL PATTERNING Scattered in strips; 5= Mosaic pattern; 6=Irregular; 7=Individuals; 8=Openings; 9=Others. Vegetation structures Code Medium sized trees, bushes and woody plants (3 m < H.t.< 5 m) High shrubs (1,5 m < H.t.< 3 m) 1=Pure stands; 2=Mixed stand; 3=Stratified Mixture; Medium shrubs (0,5 m < H.t.< 1,50 m) SPECIES COMPOSITION 9=Others. Low shrubs (0,05 m < H.t.< 0,5 m) Shrubs close to ground level (0,02 m < H.t.< 0,05 m) Forbland (Herbaceous, H.t. > 1m) Fern cover MAIN SPP DENSITY STAGE Herbaceous plant cover The sum of canopy covers could be more tan 100, considering overlapping. Code 0=no presence in the plot; 1=Seedling or small sapling; 1=Rare species. Cover near zero; 2=Scattered plants. CC ≤1%; 3=Low number of plants. CC 1-5%; 2=Thicket; 3=Pole wood (10- 4=Intermediate nº of plants. CC 5-10%; 5=High number of plants. CC 10-25%; 6=CC 25-50%; 7=CC 50- 20 cm Ø); 4=High forest (>20 75%; 8=CC >75%. cm Ø); 9=Other. TRACT Nº PAGE 2 3. STAND STRUCTURE MEASUREMENTS (R= 25m) MAIN ORIGIN OF MANAGEMENT 1=Primary forests; 2=Forest with assisted natural MAIN SPP WILDERNESS regeneration; 3=Forest plantation for production; STRUCTURE THE STAND TYPE 4=Forest plantation for conservation; 9=Others. 1=Even-aged; 2= Even-aged stand (same age class); 1=Natural; 2=Planted; 1=High forest; 2=Coppice with 3=Two-aged stands; 4=Uneven-aged stand; 9=Other. 3=Second growth; 9=Other. standards; 3=Coppice forest; 9=Other. 1=Seed; 2=Plantation; 3=Sprouts o suckers; 4=Combination of seed and sprouts; 5= Combination of seed and plantation; 6=Combination of plantation and strain stump (eucalyptus); 9=Other. DISTRIBUTION 1 DISTRIBUTION 2 DISTRIBUTION 3 TRACT Nº PAGE 3 4. DENDROMETRY Ratio: Crown cover Health Nº º Dist. (m) Spp. Dbh (cm) U F H.t.base H.t.crown H.t.top Dist.2 Partic (cm) Agent I E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 Utility Class 1=Healthy tree, optimally shaped, without signs of old age, able to provide many valuable products, not dominated and with excellent long-term possibilities; 2= Healthy tree, vigorous, not dominated, without signs of old age, with some conformation defects and able to provide valuable products; 3= Tree not wholly healthy and vigorous, or a bit old or partly dominated, with many conformation defects, but still capable of providing some valuable products; 4= Diseased and weak tree or old, with many defects of conformation, only capable of providing secondary products, 5 = Tree very sick, weak or old, with poor conformation and scarce and of little value; 6 = Dead tree but not rotted and still able to provide some useful good; 9 = Other. Form class 1=Fusiform stem, no branches, low taper, fine bark, round cross-section, more than 6 m long and dbh > 20 cm; 2= Fusiform stem, able for logging, no branches, longitude around 4 m; 3= Small fusiform stems, with dbh <75mm and lower than 4 m height, and belonging to one of the following species: 07, 12, 16, 23, 41-49, 55-57, 66, 67, 71, 72, 74, 75, 79 y 94; 5=Trees that their stem is either bent, damage or has too many branches. 6=Pruned trees with all their crown removed and belonging to one of the following species: 41-43, 55, 56, 71, 72 y 94; 9=Other. Health-Agent: 100=No injuries observed; 200=Unknown causes; 300=Unknown biotic damage agents; 310=Fungus; 311=Insects; 312= Mistletoe and similar; 313=Epiphytes; 314=Wild animals; 315=Cattle; 316=Dominance; 320=Anthropic; 321=Logging; 322=Humans in general; 400= Unknown abiotic damage agents; 410=Snow; 411=Wind; 412=Drought; 413=Thunderbolt; 414=Frosts; 415=Hail; 421=Fire; 422=Rock fall; 423=Erosion; 900=Other. Health-I: 1=Small; 2=Medium; 3=Big; 9=Other. Health-E: 1=Bark; 2=Leafs; 3=Branches; 4=timber or stem; 5=Fruits; 6=Flowers; 7=Growing guide; 8=Crown; 9=All the tree; 900=Tree. TRACT Nº PAGE 4 REGENERATION (R= 10m) 6. DEAD WOOD (R=15m) Spp. Type Heights Den. Nº H.m. (dm) LD (log descomposition): 1 Bark intact, presence of twigs (<3 cm), intact texture. 2 Intact bark, absence of twigs, intact to partly soft texture. 3 Traces of bark, absence of twigs, hard texture, large pieces. 4 Bark absent, absence of twigs, small, soft blocky texture. 5 Bark absent, absence of twigs, soft and powdery texture.. 6 Bark absent, absence of twigs and due to its descomposition level, hollows. 9 Still live, felled in a very short time. Diameter at breast Species LD Height (m) F Crown Code height (cm) , Type: 1=Sowing or seedling; 2=Plantation; 3=Basal shoots or root sprouts; 4=Unknown; 5=Uncertain; 6=Combined; 9=Other. , Heights: 1=Individuals<30 cm; 2=Between 30-130cm; 3=Height >130cm and , Øn<2,5cm; 4=Height >130cm and Øn between 2,5 and 7,5. Standing , Den.: 1=Low. From 1 to 4 individuals in the plot; 2=Moderate. From 5 to 15 dead , individuals; 3=High. More than 15 individuals; 9=Other. wood , , , , 5. SILVICULTURAL SYSTEM , , REGENERATION FELLING Diameter at breast Species LD Height (m) F Crown Code Type of regeneration felling height (cm) , 0= Not observed; 1= Observed. 0=Not observed; 1=Clear cutting; 2=Group selection; 3=Shelterwood; 4=Uneven- , aged system; 9=Others. , Downed , FOREST COVER IMPROVEMENT TREATMENTS , dead 0=Not observed; 1=Weeding (grass-cutting, brush-cutting, brush-out, etc.); wood , 2=Cleaning; 3=Thinning; 4=Pruning; 9=Others. , , GROUND IMPROVEMENT TREATMENTS , 0=Not observed; 1=Manual dibbling; 2=Mechanical dibbling; 3=Ripping; , 4=Mounding; 5=Terracing; 9=Others. , TRACT Nº PAGE 5 Medium diameter Species LD Nº Average height (m) (cm) Nº Height Species LD Diameter (cm) Code Standing stumps (m) dead small trees Downed dead Strain small stump tress d>7,5cm Maximum-diameter Small diameter Species LD Longitude (m) (cm) (cm) , , , , , Average Nº Species LD Diameter (cm) Nº logs longitude (m) , Braches , , and logs , , , , , , , , , , , , Accumul , ations of , Height branche , Species LD Diameter (cm) Code (m) s and , logs , Stump d>7,5cm TRACT Nº PAGE 6 8. SOIL STONINESS 1=Without stones; 2=Low stony; 3=Stony; 4=Very stony; 5=Rubly; 9=Other. 1=Sandy. Impossible to make cylinders; 2=Loam. Possible to make thick cylinders; 3=Clay. Possible to make cylinders of 5 mm diameter; 9=Other. TEXTURE WATER REGIME 1=Dry; 2=Humid; 3=Permanently wet; 4=Waterlogged; 9=Other. SOIL REACTION (pH) Soil sample No: 9. MICRO-SITES Observed Date of Collection / / Accumulations of branches Time : : Hollowness (diameter>20cm) Anthill SOIL TIPOLOGY Mole burrow GROUND COVER PERCENTAGE (R=25m) Burrows Caves Surface (%) Nests Bedrock Others Stones Bare soil Organic matter Long (dm) Wide (dm) Lichen and moss cover Walls Fern cover Bushes Herbaceous plant cover Roads Nº Dmin (m) Shrub Terraces Mulch Peat bog Codes Seeds Presence of cattle or apiculture Waterlogged Pavement (human) Terraces CODES: HORSES (MH1); COWS (MH2); SHEEPS (MH3); GOATS (MH4); PIGS (MH5); BEEHIVES/BEES Other infrastructures developed by humans (MH6); OTHERS (MH7). The sum of the percentages must be = 100. TRACT Nº PAGE 7 11. RISKS 12. PLOT OVERVIEW MAP 13. REFERENCE ITINERARY SOIL EROSION DESCRIPTION EROSION MANIFESTATIONS 1=Not observed; 2=There is a small amount of erosion, exposed tree roots; 3=Presence of parallel gullies <20 cm depth; 4=V-Shaped gullies; 5=Stream bank erosion; 6=Mass movements; 9=Other. FIRES FUEL TYPE LOCATION LEAF LITTER, GRASS, MOSS AND LICHEN THICKNESS ACCESS PRESENCE OF REGENERATION GENERACIÓN 0= No regeneration observed; 1=Natural regeneration observed. ESTABLISHMENT EFFECTIVENESS OF REGENERATION 1=Low; 2=Normal; 3=High; 9=Other. 14. PLOT PHOTOGRAPHS FOTO ID PHOTO 1 BEARING PHOTO 2 BEARING PHOTO 3 BEARING 15. OBSERVATIONS