Scoring system adopted by ICP forests to identify the part of the trees affected by symptoms and signs of biotic and abiotic origin. (Eichhorn and Roskams, 2013)
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Affected part | Specification of affected part | Code | location in crown | Code |
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Leaves/needles | Current needle year | 11 | Upper crown | 1 |
Older needles | 12 | lower crown | 2 | |
Needles of all ages | 13 | Patches | 3 | |
Broadleaves (incl. evergreen spec.) | 14 | Total crown | 4 | |
Branches, shoots and buds | Current year shoots | 21 | Upper crown | 1 |
Twigs (diameter < 2 cm) | 22 | lower crown | 2 | |
Branches diameter 2 to < 10cm | 23 | Patches | 3 | |
Branches diameter >= 10cm | 24 | Total crown | 4 | |
varying size | 25 | |||
Top leader shoot | 26 | |||
Buds | 27 | |||
Stem and collar | Crown stem: main trunk or bole within the crown | 31 | ||
Bole: trunk between the collar and the crown | 32 | |||
Roots (exposed) and collar (<= 25cm height) | 33 | |||
Whole trunk | 34 | |||
Dead tree | 04 | |||
No symptoms on any part of tree | 00 | |||
No assessment | 09 |