Plant functional types and natural land cover types
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LPJmL plant functional types (PFTs)
Tree PFTs:
- Tropical (trop)
- 1. tropical broad-leaved evergreen;
- 2. tropical broad-leaved raingreen;
- Temperate (tem)
- 3. temperate needle-leaved evergreen;
- 4. temperate broad-leaved evergreen;
- 5. temperate broad-leaved summer green;
- Boreal (bor)
- 6. boreal summer green;
- 7. boreal needle-leaved evergreen;
Grass PFTs:
- 8. C3 herbaceous;
- 9. C4 herbaceous.
IMAGE Natural land cover types (biomes)
- Ice
- Tundra
- Wooded tundra
- Boreal forest
- Cool coniferous forest
- Temperate mixed forest
- Temperate deciduous forest
- Warm mixed forest
- Grassland and steppe
- Hot desert
- Scrubland
- Savanna
- Tropical woodland
- Tropical forest
Biome classification
Natural vegetation types (biomes) are classified based on the area shares of the plant functional types (PFT)s and their foliage projected cover (FPC); the mean temperature; and net primary production (NPP) according to the flowchart below.