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Table 5 Forest types used to categorize tree species and category of unprocessed dead standing spruce trees and clearcut areas

From: Forest carbon stock development following extreme drought-induced dieback of coniferous stands in Central Europe: a CBM-CFS3 model application

Forest type

Acronym

Main species

Area [kha]

Area share (%)

Volume share (%)

Spruce

SP

Picea abies (L.) Karst

1 293

49.6

59.5

Pine

PI

Pinus sylvestris L., Pinus nigra Arnold

528

20.2

19.9

Beech

BE

Fagus sylvatica L

225

8.6

6.7

Oak

OA

Quercus petrae (Matt.) Liebl., Q. robur L

194

7.4

5.4

Long-lived broadleaves

LLB

Tilia cordata Mill., Tilia platyphyllos Scop., Fraxinus excelsior L., Acer pseudoplatanus L., Carpinus betulus L

159

6.1

4.0

Short-lived broadleaves

SLB

Betula pendula Roth., Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn., Populus spp., Alnus incana (L.) Moench

139

5.3

2.6

Fir

AA

Abies alba Mill., Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco

37

1.4

1.5

Clearcut area

–

Temporarily unforested area, e.g., after clear-cut

31

1.2

–

Spruce snag

SPx

Unprocessed standing dead spruce forest stand (dead due to drought stress and bark beetle)

5

0.2

0.3

Total

  

2 610

100

100

  1. Excluded is the unstocked cadastral forest area (forest roads, nurseries etc.) representing a share additional 2.4% (63.6 kha). This makes the total cadastral forest area 2 673 kha in the country, of which timberland makes up 2 610 kha in 2018