Development of monitoring and assessment of forest biomass and carbon storage in China

Forest Ecosystems

Table 2 Species and population classification and distribution in China for biomass modeling

No.	Tree species (groups)	Northeast	North	Northwest	South	Southwest	Tibet	Total
1	Quercus	1	0.3	0.7	1	1.8	0.2	5
2	Abies	1		1		2	1	5
3	Picea	1		2		1	1	5
4	Betula	2	0.2	0.8		0.8	0.2	4
5	Larix	1	1	1		0.8	0.2	4
6	Cunninghamia lanceolata				2.6	0.4		3
7	Pinus massoniana				2.7	0.3		3
8	Populus	2	1	1	1	0.85	0.15	6
9	Pinus yunnanensis					0.65	0.35	1
10	Pinus densata					1	1	2
11	Tilia tuan	1						1
12	Cupressus		0.25	0.75	1	0.65	0.35	3
13	F-J-P	1						1
14	Schima superba				0.7	0.3		1
15	Pinus tabulaeformis	0.2	0.45	0.25		0.1		1
16	Pinus koraiensis	1						1
17	Ulmus	0.9	0.1					1
18	Pinus khasya					1		1
19	Pinus armandii			0.25	0.1	0.5	0.15	1
20	Tsuga			0.05		0.9	0.05	1
21	Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica	1						1
22	Liquidambar formosana				1			1
23	Pinus elliottii				1			1
24	Salix	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1			1
25	Eucalyptus				0.9	0.1		1
26	Cryptomeria				0.4	0.6		1
27	Pinus taiwanensis				1			1
28	Pinus griffithii						1	1
29	Robinia pseudoacacia		1					1
30	Paulownia		0.3		0.5	0.2		1
31	C-S-P				0.8	0.2		1
32	Other pines	0.6	0.4					1
33	Other coniferous trees				0.2	0.6	0.2	1
34	Other broadleaved trees	1	1	1	2	1	1	7
	Total	15.1	6.3	9	15.75	17	6.85	70

Note: 1) F-J-P means Fraxinus mandshurica, Juglans mandshurica and Phellodendron amurense; C-S-P means Cinnamomum, Sassafras and Phoebe. Other pines include Pinus densiflora, P. thunbergii and others; other coniferous species include Keteleeria, Taxus, Pseudotsuga, Metasequoia, Taxodium and other conifers; other broadleaved species include all broadleaved species except those listed for the region. 2) The decimal fraction expresses the proportion of stocking volume of the species. Source: Zeng ([2011]).