Q-2, r. 35.3.1 - Regulation respecting afforestation and reforestation projects eligible for the issuance of offset credits on privately-owned land

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2022-12-29

SCHEDULE D

(s. 43)

Selection of the growth curve for the baseline scenario and tables showing the annual change in merchantable volume on fallow land by bioclimatic subdomain and potential vegetation groups

(1) The tables in Division II of this Schedule contain the data needed to define the growth curve for the baseline scenario in the CBM-CFS software for a project on a lot without forest cover.

The growth curve selected must be representative of the biophysical characteristics and species present at the time of the initial inventory.

(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, a lot without forest cover includes lots used for non-forestry purposes and unproductive forest land.

DIVISION I

POTENTIAL VEGETATION GROUPS

(1) The codes FE_ MJ_ MS_ RB_ RS_ RE_ in the tables in Division II of this Schedule represent potential vegetation groups. The composition of the groups is determined in the tables below.

Table 1 – Name and code of stands based on the composition of dominant species in the stand (Hardwood species on rich sites (FE_))

Designation	Code
Red oak stand	FC1
Maple stand with bitternut hickory	FE1
Maple stand with linden	FE2
Maple stand with yellow birch	FE3
Maple stand with yellow birch and beech	FE4
Maple stand with eastern hop-hornbeam	FE5
Maple stand with red oak	FE6

Table 2 – Name and code of stands based on the composition of dominant species in the stand (Hardwood species on mesic sites (MJ_))

Designation	Code
Black ash stands with fir	MF1
Yellow birch stands with fir and sugar maple	MJ1
Yellow birch stands with fir	MJ2
Fir stand with yellow birch	MS1

Table 3 – Name and code of stands based on the composition of dominant species in the stand (Mixed species (MS_))

Designation	Code
Black spruce stand with trembling aspen	ME1
Fir stand with white birch	MS2
Fir stand with red maple	MS3
Fir stand with mountain white birch	MS4
Fir stand with red maple	MS6

Table 4 – Name and code of stands based on the composition of dominant species in the stand (Softwood species on rich sites (RB_))

Designation	Code
White spruce stand or cedar stand resulting from agriculture	RB1
Maritime white spruce stand	RB2
White spruce stand resulting from browsing by white-tailed deer (Anticosti island)	RB5

Table 5 – Name and code of stands based on the composition of dominant species in the stand (Softwood species on mesic sites (RS_))

Designation	Code
Spruce stand with red spruce	RR1
Fir stand with black spruce	RS2
Fir stand with black spruce and sphagnum moss	RS3
Fir stand with mountain black spruce	RS4
Fir stand with red spruce	RS5
Fir stand with maritime black spruce	RS7

Table 6 – Name and code of stands based on the composition of dominant species in the stand (Softwood species on poor sites (RE_))

Designation	Code
Black spruce stand with lichens	RE1
Black spruce stand with moss or heathland	RE2
Black spruce stand with sphagnum moss	RE3
White pine or red pine stand	RP1

Table 7 – Name and code of stands based on the composition of dominant species in the stand (Fir stand with thuya (RS1))

Designation	Code
Fir stand with thuya	RS1

DIVISION II

TABLES SHOWING ANNUAL CHANGE IN MERCHANTABLE VOLUME ON FALLOW LAND BY BIOCLIMATIC SUBDOMAIN AND POTENTIAL VEGETATION GROUPS

(1) The data used to create the growth curve for the baseline scenario used in the CBM-CFS software must be selected from the tables in this Division.

Tables 1 to 18 show merchantable volume on woody fallow land, Table 19 shows merchantable volume on shrubby fallow land and Table 20 shows merchantable volume on grassy fallow land.

(2) The table to be used must be selected on the basis of the bioclimatic subdomain and potential vegetation group on the lot used for the project. The potential vegetation group can be deduced from the vegetation in neighbouring forests.

(3) In Tables 1 to 4, the percentage coverage provided by the tree stratum and must be assessed to select the data representing the annual change in merchantable volume.

Coverage is

(1) low from 0% to 8%;

(2) medium from more than 8% to 15%;

(3) high from more than 15% to 25%.

(4) For the purposes of the tables in this Division, with respect to bioclimatic subdomains,

“1” means maple stands with bitternut hickory;

“2 West” means maple stands with linden, western sector;

“2 East” means maple stands with linden, eastern sector;

“3 West” means maple stands with yellow birch, western sector;

“3 East” means maple stands with yellow birch, eastern sector;

“4 West” means fir stands with yellow birch, western sector;

“4 East” means fir stands with yellow birch, eastern sector;

“5 West” means fir stands with moss, western sector;

“5 East” means fir stands with white birch, eastern sector.

Table 1 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East/ 4 West			5 East			5 West
Potential vegetation groups	RS/RE			RS/RE			RS/RE
	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
Age	High	Medium	Low	High	Medium	Low	High	Medium	Low
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
10	3	2	0	3	1	0	3	1	0
15	8	5	1	8	2	0	8	3	0
20	15	10	3	15	5	1	15	6	1
25	25	17	6	24	10	3	24	11	3
30	36	25	10	35	17	5	34	19	5
35	49	34	14	46	25	9	47	28	9
40	64	44	20	59	35	14	59	38	14
45	79	55	26	72	46	20	73	49	20
50	94	66	33	86	57	27	87	61	27
55	109	77	40	99	69	35	101	73	36
60	124	89	48	112	80	44	114	85	44
65	138	100	56	125	91	53	128	96	54
70	151	111	64	137	102	63	140	107	64
75	164	122	71	149	112	73	152	116	73
80	175	132	79	160	121	82	163	125	83
85	185	141	87	169	129	91	174	132	92
90	195	150	94	178	136	100	183	139	101
95	203	158	101	187	141	108	191	144	109
100	210	165	107	194	146	115	199	148	116

Table 2 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with mixed forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East / 4 West			5 East
Potential vegetation groups	MS_ / RB_			MS_ / RB_
	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
Age	High	Medium	Low	High	Medium	Low
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	2	2	2	2	2	2
15	7	6	6	5	6	6
20	14	12	11	12	12	11
25	24	19	17	21	19	17
30	36	28	25	33	28	25
35	49	38	33	46	38	33
40	63	49	41	62	49	41
45	78	60	50	78	60	50
50	93	71	59	94	71	59
55	108	82	68	110	82	68
60	122	93	77	125	93	77
65	135	104	85	139	104	85
70	146	114	92	151	114	92
75	157	123	99	162	123	99
80	166	132	105	172	132	105
85	174	139	110	180	139	110
90	181	146	115	186	146	115
95	186	152	119	191	152	119
100	190	158	123	194	158	123

Table 3 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with mixed forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	MS_ /RB_
	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
Age	High	Medium	Low
1	0	0	0
5	0	0	0
10	2	2	0
15	6	5	1
20	14	9	3
25	24	15	5
30	36	23	8
35	50	31	12
40	65	40	17
45	81	50	23
50	96	60	30
55	111	71	37
60	125	81	44
65	137	92	51
70	149	102	59
75	158	112	67
80	167	122	74
85	173	131	81
90	178	140	88
95	182	148	94
100	184	156	100

Table 4 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East / 4 West			4 East /4 West
	5 East / 5 West			5 East / 5 West
Potential vegetation groups	MS_			RB_
	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
Age	High	Medium	Low	High	Medium	Low
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	1	1	2	1	1
10	10	4	3	10	4	3
15	22	10	7	22	10	7
20	37	18	12	37	18	12
25	53	27	19	53	27	19
30	69	38	26	69	38	26
35	84	49	33	84	49	33
40	98	60	41	98	60	41
45	111	71	48	111	71	48
50	122	82	55	122	82	55
55	131	91	62	131	91	62
60	139	99	69	139	99	69
65	145	106	75	145	106	75
70	149	112	80	149	112	80
75	151	117	85	151	117	85
80	152	121	90	152	121	90
85	152	123	93	152	123	93
90	151	125	97	151	125	97
95	149	126	99	149	126	99
100	146	126	101	146	126	101

Table 5 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1	2 East	2 West	3 East	3 West
Potential vegetation groups	FE_	FE_	FE_	FE_	FE_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	1	1	1	1
10	4	4	4	6	5
15	9	9	9	12	12
20	17	16	17	21	20
25	26	26	26	31	31
30	37	37	37	42	42
35	48	49	48	54	54
40	61	62	61	66	66
45	74	75	74	78	79
50	87	89	87	90	91
55	100	103	100	102	104
60	113	116	113	113	115
65	125	130	125	124	126
70	137	142	137	134	137
75	148	154	148	143	146
80	159	165	159	152	155
85	168	176	168	160	163
90	177	185	177	167	170
95	185	194	185	173	177
100	192	202	192	179	182

Table 6 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East	4 West	5 East	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	FE_	FE_	FE_	FE_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)		Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0
5	1	1	1	1
10	3	5	4	4
15	8	10	9	9
20	15	18	16	16
25	23	27	24	24
30	33	36	34	34
35	44	46	45	45
40	56	56	56	56
45	69	66	67	67
50	81	76	78	78
55	93	85	90	90
60	106	94	100	100
65	117	102	111	111
70	129	109	120	120
75	139	115	129	129
80	149	121	137	137
85	158	126	145	145
90	166	130	152	152
95	174	134	157	157
100	180	136	163	163

Table 7 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1	2 East	2 West	3 East	3 West
Potential vegetation groups	MJ_	MJ_	MJ_	MJ_	MJ_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	1	1	1	1
10	4	4	4	6	5
15	9	10	9	12	12
20	17	18	17	21	20
25	26	27	26	31	31
30	37	38	37	42	42
35	48	50	48	54	54
40	61	62	61	66	66
45	74	75	74	78	79
50	87	88	87	90	91
55	100	101	100	102	104
60	113	114	113	113	115
65	125	127	125	124	126
70	137	138	137	134	137
75	148	150	148	143	146
80	159	160	159	152	155
85	168	170	168	160	163
90	177	179	177	167	170
95	185	188	185	173	177
100	192	195	192	179	182

Table 8 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East	4 West	5 East	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	MJ_	MJ_	MJ_	MJ_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)		Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0
5	1	1	1	1
10	3	5	4	4
15	8	10	9	9
20	14	18	16	16
25	23	27	24	24
30	33	36	34	34
35	44	46	45	45
40	56	56	56	56
45	68	66	67	67
50	80	76	78	78
55	93	85	90	90
60	105	94	100	100
65	117	102	111	111
70	128	109	120	120
75	139	115	129	129
80	149	121	137	137
85	158	126	145	145
90	166	130	152	152
95	173	134	157	157
100	180	136	163	163

Table 9 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1	2 East	2 West	3 East	3 West
Potential vegetation groups	MS_	MS_	MS_	MS_	MS_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	1	1	1	1
10	4	4	4	3	3
15	9	9	9	8	8
20	16	16	16	14	14
25	24	24	24	22	22
30	34	34	34	32	32
35	44	44	44	42	42
40	55	55	55	53	53
45	66	66	66	64	64
50	77	77	77	75	75
55	87	87	87	85	85
60	97	97	97	95	95
65	106	106	106	104	104
70	114	114	114	113	113
75	122	122	122	121	121
80	128	128	128	127	127
85	134	134	134	133	133
90	139	139	139	138	138
95	143	143	143	142	142
100	146	146	146	146	146

Table 10 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East	4 West	5 East	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	MS_	MS_	MS_	MS_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)		Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	1
10	6	3	2	4
15	11	7	4	10
20	18	14	9	19
25	25	22	15	28
30	33	32	23	39
35	42	42	31	51
40	51	53	41	63
45	59	64	52	74
50	68	74	63	85
55	77	85	74	95
60	86	94	85	104
65	94	103	96	113
70	102	111	106	120
75	110	118	116	126
80	117	124	125	131
85	124	128	134	135
90	131	132	142	139
95	137	136	149	141
100	143	138	155	142

Table 11 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1	2 East	2 West	3 East	3 West
Potential vegetation groups	RB_	RB_	RB_	RB_	RB_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	1	1	1	1
10	4	4	4	3	3
15	9	9	9	8	8
20	16	16	16	14	14
25	24	24	24	22	22
30	34	34	34	32	32
35	44	44	44	42	42
40	55	55	55	53	53
45	66	66	66	64	64
50	77	77	77	75	75
55	87	87	87	85	85
60	97	97	97	95	95
65	106	106	106	104	104
70	114	114	114	113	113
75	122	122	122	121	121
80	128	128	128	127	127
85	134	134	134	133	133
90	139	139	139	138	138
95	143	143	143	142	142
100	146	146	146	146	146

Table 12 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East	4 West	5 East	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	RB_	RB_	RB_	RB_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)		Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	1
10	6	3	2	4
15	11	7	4	10
20	18	14	9	19
25	25	22	15	28
30	33	32	23	39
35	42	42	31	51
40	51	53	41	63
45	59	64	52	74
50	68	74	63	85
55	77	85	74	95
60	86	94	85	104
65	94	103	96	113
70	102	111	106	120
75	110	118	116	126
80	117	124	125	131
85	124	128	134	135
90	131	132	142	139
95	137	136	149	141
100	143	138	155	142

Table 13 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1	2 East	2 West	3 East	3 West
Potential vegetation groups	RS_	RS_	RS_	RS_	RS_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0	0
10	2	2	2	1	1
15	5	5	5	4	4
20	10	10	10	7	7
25	16	16	16	13	13
30	24	24	24	19	19
35	32	32	32	27	27
40	42	42	42	35	35
45	52	52	52	44	44
50	62	62	62	54	54
55	73	73	73	64	64
60	83	83	83	75	75
65	94	94	94	85	85
70	104	104	104	95	95
75	114	114	114	105	105
80	123	123	123	114	114
85	132	132	132	123	123
90	140	140	140	132	132
95	148	148	148	140	140
100	155	155	155	147	147

Table 14 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East	4 West	5 East	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	RS_	RS_	RS_	RS_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)		Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0
10	2	1	1	1
15	6	3	3	3
20	11	7	6	7
25	18	12	11	13
30	26	19	18	21
35	35	27	26	31
40	45	36	35	43
45	56	46	45	56
50	67	57	56	70
55	78	68	67	84
60	89	79	78	97
65	100	89	90	111
70	110	99	101	123
75	120	109	112	135
80	130	118	122	145
85	138	126	132	154
90	147	133	141	162
95	154	139	149	168
100	161	145	157	173

Table 15 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1	2 East	2 West	3 East	3 West
Potential vegetation groups	RE_	RE_	RE_	RE_	RE_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0	0
10	2	2	2	1	1
15	5	5	5	4	4
20	10	10	10	7	7
25	16	16	16	13	13
30	24	24	24	19	19
35	32	32	32	27	27
40	42	42	42	35	35
45	52	52	52	44	44
50	62	62	62	54	54
55	73	73	73	64	64
60	83	83	83	75	75
65	94	94	94	85	85
70	104	104	104	95	95
75	114	114	114	105	105
80	123	123	123	114	114
85	132	132	132	123	123
90	140	140	140	132	132
95	148	148	148	140	140
100	155	155	155	147	147

Table 16 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East	4 West	5 East	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	RE_	RE_	RE_	RE_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)		Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0
10	1	1	1	1
15	3	3	3	2
20	6	7	6	6
25	11	12	11	10
30	17	19	18	17
35	24	27	26	25
40	32	36	35	34
45	41	46	45	44
50	50	57	56	55
55	60	67	67	66
60	70	78	78	78
65	80	88	90	89
70	89	98	101	100
75	99	108	112	110
80	108	116	122	120
85	117	124	132	129
90	125	131	141	136
95	132	138	149	143
100	139	143	157	149

Table 17 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1	2 East	2 West	3 East	3 West
Potential vegetation groups	RS1	RS1	RS1	RS1	RS1
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	1	1	1	1
10	3	5	5	5	5
15	7	13	13	13	13
20	13	25	25	25	25
25	21	39	39	39	39
30	29	56	56	56	56
35	39	75	75	75	75
40	50	95	95	95	95
45	61	116	116	116	116
50	73	138	138	138	138
55	84	160	160	160	160
60	96	181	181	181	181
65	107	202	202	202	202
70	117	222	222	222	222
75	127	241	241	241	241
80	137	259	259	259	259
85	146	276	276	276	276
90	154	292	292	292	292
95	161	306	306	306	306
100	168	318	318	318	318

Table 18 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East	4 West	5 East	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	RS1	RS1	RS1	RS1
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)		Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0
10	2	2	1	1
15	5	5	2	2
20	10	10	5	5
25	18	18	9	9
30	27	27	14	14
35	39	39	19	19
40	51	51	25	25
45	64	64	32	32
50	78	78	39	39
55	93	93	46	46
60	107	107	53	53
65	121	121	60	60
70	135	135	67	67
75	147	147	74	74
80	159	159	80	80
85	170	170	85	85
90	180	180	90	90
95	189	189	95	95
100	197	197	99	99

Table 19 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on shrubby fallow land based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1 / 2 East /2 West / 3 East /3 West/ 4 East / 4 West / 5 East /5 West
Potential vegetation groups	FE_/ MJ_/ MS_ /RB_/ RS_ /RE_ /RS1
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0
5	0
10	1
15	1
20	2
25	2
30	3
35	4
40	5
45	5
50	6
55	7
60	8
65	9
70	10
75	11
80	12
85	13
90	14
95	15
100	16

Table 20 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on grassy fallow land based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1 / 2 East /2 West / 3 East /3 West/ 4 East / 4 West / 5 East /5 West
Potential vegetation groups	FE_/ MJ_/ MS_ /RB_/ RS_ /RE_ /RS1
Age	Merchantable volume
1	0
5	1
10	1
15	1
20	1
25	2
30	2
35	2
40	2
45	2
50	2
55	3
60	3
65	3
70	3
75	3
80	3
85	4
90	4
95	4
100	4

M.O. 2022-11-17, Sch. D.

Not in force

SCHEDULE D

(s. 43)

Selection of the growth curve for the baseline scenario and tables showing the annual change in merchantable volume on fallow land by bioclimatic subdomain and potential vegetation groups

(1) The tables in Division II of this Schedule contain the data needed to define the growth curve for the baseline scenario in the CBM-CFS software for a project on a lot without forest cover.

The growth curve selected must be representative of the biophysical characteristics and species present at the time of the initial inventory.

(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, a lot without forest cover includes lots used for non-forestry purposes and unproductive forest land.

DIVISION I

POTENTIAL VEGETATION GROUPS

(1) The codes FE_ MJ_ MS_ RB_ RS_ RE_ in the tables in Division II of this Schedule represent potential vegetation groups. The composition of the groups is determined in the tables below.

Table 1 – Name and code of stands based on the composition of dominant species in the stand (Hardwood species on rich sites (FE_))

Designation	Code
Red oak stand	FC1
Maple stand with bitternut hickory	FE1
Maple stand with linden	FE2
Maple stand with yellow birch	FE3
Maple stand with yellow birch and beech	FE4
Maple stand with eastern hop-hornbeam	FE5
Maple stand with red oak	FE6

Table 2 – Name and code of stands based on the composition of dominant species in the stand (Hardwood species on mesic sites (MJ_))

Designation	Code
Black ash stands with fir	MF1
Yellow birch stands with fir and sugar maple	MJ1
Yellow birch stands with fir	MJ2
Fir stand with yellow birch	MS1

Table 3 – Name and code of stands based on the composition of dominant species in the stand (Mixed species (MS_))

Designation	Code
Black spruce stand with trembling aspen	ME1
Fir stand with white birch	MS2
Fir stand with red maple	MS3
Fir stand with mountain white birch	MS4
Fir stand with red maple	MS6

Table 4 – Name and code of stands based on the composition of dominant species in the stand (Softwood species on rich sites (RB_))

Designation	Code
White spruce stand or cedar stand resulting from agriculture	RB1
Maritime white spruce stand	RB2
White spruce stand resulting from browsing by white-tailed deer (Anticosti island)	RB5

Table 5 – Name and code of stands based on the composition of dominant species in the stand (Softwood species on mesic sites (RS_))

Designation	Code
Spruce stand with red spruce	RR1
Fir stand with black spruce	RS2
Fir stand with black spruce and sphagnum moss	RS3
Fir stand with mountain black spruce	RS4
Fir stand with red spruce	RS5
Fir stand with maritime black spruce	RS7

Table 6 – Name and code of stands based on the composition of dominant species in the stand (Softwood species on poor sites (RE_))

Designation	Code
Black spruce stand with lichens	RE1
Black spruce stand with moss or heathland	RE2
Black spruce stand with sphagnum moss	RE3
White pine or red pine stand	RP1

Table 7 – Name and code of stands based on the composition of dominant species in the stand (Fir stand with thuya (RS1))

Designation	Code
Fir stand with thuya	RS1

DIVISION II

TABLES SHOWING ANNUAL CHANGE IN MERCHANTABLE VOLUME ON FALLOW LAND BY BIOCLIMATIC SUBDOMAIN AND POTENTIAL VEGETATION GROUPS

(1) The data used to create the growth curve for the baseline scenario used in the CBM-CFS software must be selected from the tables in this Division.

Tables 1 to 18 show merchantable volume on woody fallow land, Table 19 shows merchantable volume on shrubby fallow land and Table 20 shows merchantable volume on grassy fallow land.

(2) The table to be used must be selected on the basis of the bioclimatic subdomain and potential vegetation group on the lot used for the project. The potential vegetation group can be deduced from the vegetation in neighbouring forests.

(3) In Tables 1 to 4, the percentage coverage provided by the tree stratum and must be assessed to select the data representing the annual change in merchantable volume.

Coverage is

(1) low from 0% to 8%;

(2) medium from more than 8% to 15%;

(3) high from more than 15% to 25%.

(4) For the purposes of the tables in this Division, with respect to bioclimatic subdomains,

“1” means maple stands with bitternut hickory;

“2 West” means maple stands with linden, western sector;

“2 East” means maple stands with linden, eastern sector;

“3 West” means maple stands with yellow birch, western sector;

“3 East” means maple stands with yellow birch, eastern sector;

“4 West” means fir stands with yellow birch, western sector;

“4 East” means fir stands with yellow birch, eastern sector;

“5 West” means fir stands with moss, western sector;

“5 East” means fir stands with white birch, eastern sector.

Table 1 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East/ 4 West			5 East			5 West
Potential vegetation groups	RS/RE			RS/RE			RS/RE
	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
Age	High	Medium	Low	High	Medium	Low	High	Medium	Low
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
10	3	2	0	3	1	0	3	1	0
15	8	5	1	8	2	0	8	3	0
20	15	10	3	15	5	1	15	6	1
25	25	17	6	24	10	3	24	11	3
30	36	25	10	35	17	5	34	19	5
35	49	34	14	46	25	9	47	28	9
40	64	44	20	59	35	14	59	38	14
45	79	55	26	72	46	20	73	49	20
50	94	66	33	86	57	27	87	61	27
55	109	77	40	99	69	35	101	73	36
60	124	89	48	112	80	44	114	85	44
65	138	100	56	125	91	53	128	96	54
70	151	111	64	137	102	63	140	107	64
75	164	122	71	149	112	73	152	116	73
80	175	132	79	160	121	82	163	125	83
85	185	141	87	169	129	91	174	132	92
90	195	150	94	178	136	100	183	139	101
95	203	158	101	187	141	108	191	144	109
100	210	165	107	194	146	115	199	148	116

Table 2 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with mixed forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East / 4 West			5 East
Potential vegetation groups	MS_ / RB_			MS_ / RB_
	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
Age	High	Medium	Low	High	Medium	Low
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	2	2	2	2	2	2
15	7	6	6	5	6	6
20	14	12	11	12	12	11
25	24	19	17	21	19	17
30	36	28	25	33	28	25
35	49	38	33	46	38	33
40	63	49	41	62	49	41
45	78	60	50	78	60	50
50	93	71	59	94	71	59
55	108	82	68	110	82	68
60	122	93	77	125	93	77
65	135	104	85	139	104	85
70	146	114	92	151	114	92
75	157	123	99	162	123	99
80	166	132	105	172	132	105
85	174	139	110	180	139	110
90	181	146	115	186	146	115
95	186	152	119	191	152	119
100	190	158	123	194	158	123

Table 3 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with mixed forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	MS_ /RB_
	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
Age	High	Medium	Low
1	0	0	0
5	0	0	0
10	2	2	0
15	6	5	1
20	14	9	3
25	24	15	5
30	36	23	8
35	50	31	12
40	65	40	17
45	81	50	23
50	96	60	30
55	111	71	37
60	125	81	44
65	137	92	51
70	149	102	59
75	158	112	67
80	167	122	74
85	173	131	81
90	178	140	88
95	182	148	94
100	184	156	100

Table 4 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East / 4 West			4 East /4 West
	5 East / 5 West			5 East / 5 West
Potential vegetation groups	MS_			RB_
	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
Age	High	Medium	Low	High	Medium	Low
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	1	1	2	1	1
10	10	4	3	10	4	3
15	22	10	7	22	10	7
20	37	18	12	37	18	12
25	53	27	19	53	27	19
30	69	38	26	69	38	26
35	84	49	33	84	49	33
40	98	60	41	98	60	41
45	111	71	48	111	71	48
50	122	82	55	122	82	55
55	131	91	62	131	91	62
60	139	99	69	139	99	69
65	145	106	75	145	106	75
70	149	112	80	149	112	80
75	151	117	85	151	117	85
80	152	121	90	152	121	90
85	152	123	93	152	123	93
90	151	125	97	151	125	97
95	149	126	99	149	126	99
100	146	126	101	146	126	101

Table 5 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1	2 East	2 West	3 East	3 West
Potential vegetation groups	FE_	FE_	FE_	FE_	FE_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	1	1	1	1
10	4	4	4	6	5
15	9	9	9	12	12
20	17	16	17	21	20
25	26	26	26	31	31
30	37	37	37	42	42
35	48	49	48	54	54
40	61	62	61	66	66
45	74	75	74	78	79
50	87	89	87	90	91
55	100	103	100	102	104
60	113	116	113	113	115
65	125	130	125	124	126
70	137	142	137	134	137
75	148	154	148	143	146
80	159	165	159	152	155
85	168	176	168	160	163
90	177	185	177	167	170
95	185	194	185	173	177
100	192	202	192	179	182

Table 6 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East	4 West	5 East	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	FE_	FE_	FE_	FE_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)		Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0
5	1	1	1	1
10	3	5	4	4
15	8	10	9	9
20	15	18	16	16
25	23	27	24	24
30	33	36	34	34
35	44	46	45	45
40	56	56	56	56
45	69	66	67	67
50	81	76	78	78
55	93	85	90	90
60	106	94	100	100
65	117	102	111	111
70	129	109	120	120
75	139	115	129	129
80	149	121	137	137
85	158	126	145	145
90	166	130	152	152
95	174	134	157	157
100	180	136	163	163

Table 7 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1	2 East	2 West	3 East	3 West
Potential vegetation groups	MJ_	MJ_	MJ_	MJ_	MJ_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	1	1	1	1
10	4	4	4	6	5
15	9	10	9	12	12
20	17	18	17	21	20
25	26	27	26	31	31
30	37	38	37	42	42
35	48	50	48	54	54
40	61	62	61	66	66
45	74	75	74	78	79
50	87	88	87	90	91
55	100	101	100	102	104
60	113	114	113	113	115
65	125	127	125	124	126
70	137	138	137	134	137
75	148	150	148	143	146
80	159	160	159	152	155
85	168	170	168	160	163
90	177	179	177	167	170
95	185	188	185	173	177
100	192	195	192	179	182

Table 8 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East	4 West	5 East	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	MJ_	MJ_	MJ_	MJ_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)		Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0
5	1	1	1	1
10	3	5	4	4
15	8	10	9	9
20	14	18	16	16
25	23	27	24	24
30	33	36	34	34
35	44	46	45	45
40	56	56	56	56
45	68	66	67	67
50	80	76	78	78
55	93	85	90	90
60	105	94	100	100
65	117	102	111	111
70	128	109	120	120
75	139	115	129	129
80	149	121	137	137
85	158	126	145	145
90	166	130	152	152
95	173	134	157	157
100	180	136	163	163

Table 9 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1	2 East	2 West	3 East	3 West
Potential vegetation groups	MS_	MS_	MS_	MS_	MS_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	1	1	1	1
10	4	4	4	3	3
15	9	9	9	8	8
20	16	16	16	14	14
25	24	24	24	22	22
30	34	34	34	32	32
35	44	44	44	42	42
40	55	55	55	53	53
45	66	66	66	64	64
50	77	77	77	75	75
55	87	87	87	85	85
60	97	97	97	95	95
65	106	106	106	104	104
70	114	114	114	113	113
75	122	122	122	121	121
80	128	128	128	127	127
85	134	134	134	133	133
90	139	139	139	138	138
95	143	143	143	142	142
100	146	146	146	146	146

Table 10 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East	4 West	5 East	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	MS_	MS_	MS_	MS_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)		Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	1
10	6	3	2	4
15	11	7	4	10
20	18	14	9	19
25	25	22	15	28
30	33	32	23	39
35	42	42	31	51
40	51	53	41	63
45	59	64	52	74
50	68	74	63	85
55	77	85	74	95
60	86	94	85	104
65	94	103	96	113
70	102	111	106	120
75	110	118	116	126
80	117	124	125	131
85	124	128	134	135
90	131	132	142	139
95	137	136	149	141
100	143	138	155	142

Table 11 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1	2 East	2 West	3 East	3 West
Potential vegetation groups	RB_	RB_	RB_	RB_	RB_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	1	1	1	1
10	4	4	4	3	3
15	9	9	9	8	8
20	16	16	16	14	14
25	24	24	24	22	22
30	34	34	34	32	32
35	44	44	44	42	42
40	55	55	55	53	53
45	66	66	66	64	64
50	77	77	77	75	75
55	87	87	87	85	85
60	97	97	97	95	95
65	106	106	106	104	104
70	114	114	114	113	113
75	122	122	122	121	121
80	128	128	128	127	127
85	134	134	134	133	133
90	139	139	139	138	138
95	143	143	143	142	142
100	146	146	146	146	146

Table 12 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East	4 West	5 East	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	RB_	RB_	RB_	RB_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)		Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	1
10	6	3	2	4
15	11	7	4	10
20	18	14	9	19
25	25	22	15	28
30	33	32	23	39
35	42	42	31	51
40	51	53	41	63
45	59	64	52	74
50	68	74	63	85
55	77	85	74	95
60	86	94	85	104
65	94	103	96	113
70	102	111	106	120
75	110	118	116	126
80	117	124	125	131
85	124	128	134	135
90	131	132	142	139
95	137	136	149	141
100	143	138	155	142

Table 13 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1	2 East	2 West	3 East	3 West
Potential vegetation groups	RS_	RS_	RS_	RS_	RS_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0	0
10	2	2	2	1	1
15	5	5	5	4	4
20	10	10	10	7	7
25	16	16	16	13	13
30	24	24	24	19	19
35	32	32	32	27	27
40	42	42	42	35	35
45	52	52	52	44	44
50	62	62	62	54	54
55	73	73	73	64	64
60	83	83	83	75	75
65	94	94	94	85	85
70	104	104	104	95	95
75	114	114	114	105	105
80	123	123	123	114	114
85	132	132	132	123	123
90	140	140	140	132	132
95	148	148	148	140	140
100	155	155	155	147	147

Table 14 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East	4 West	5 East	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	RS_	RS_	RS_	RS_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)		Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0
10	2	1	1	1
15	6	3	3	3
20	11	7	6	7
25	18	12	11	13
30	26	19	18	21
35	35	27	26	31
40	45	36	35	43
45	56	46	45	56
50	67	57	56	70
55	78	68	67	84
60	89	79	78	97
65	100	89	90	111
70	110	99	101	123
75	120	109	112	135
80	130	118	122	145
85	138	126	132	154
90	147	133	141	162
95	154	139	149	168
100	161	145	157	173

Table 15 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1	2 East	2 West	3 East	3 West
Potential vegetation groups	RE_	RE_	RE_	RE_	RE_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0	0
10	2	2	2	1	1
15	5	5	5	4	4
20	10	10	10	7	7
25	16	16	16	13	13
30	24	24	24	19	19
35	32	32	32	27	27
40	42	42	42	35	35
45	52	52	52	44	44
50	62	62	62	54	54
55	73	73	73	64	64
60	83	83	83	75	75
65	94	94	94	85	85
70	104	104	104	95	95
75	114	114	114	105	105
80	123	123	123	114	114
85	132	132	132	123	123
90	140	140	140	132	132
95	148	148	148	140	140
100	155	155	155	147	147

Table 16 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East	4 West	5 East	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	RE_	RE_	RE_	RE_
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)		Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0
10	1	1	1	1
15	3	3	3	2
20	6	7	6	6
25	11	12	11	10
30	17	19	18	17
35	24	27	26	25
40	32	36	35	34
45	41	46	45	44
50	50	57	56	55
55	60	67	67	66
60	70	78	78	78
65	80	88	90	89
70	89	98	101	100
75	99	108	112	110
80	108	116	122	120
85	117	124	132	129
90	125	131	141	136
95	132	138	149	143
100	139	143	157	149

Table 17 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1	2 East	2 West	3 East	3 West
Potential vegetation groups	RS1	RS1	RS1	RS1	RS1
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)			Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	1	1	1	1
10	3	5	5	5	5
15	7	13	13	13	13
20	13	25	25	25	25
25	21	39	39	39	39
30	29	56	56	56	56
35	39	75	75	75	75
40	50	95	95	95	95
45	61	116	116	116	116
50	73	138	138	138	138
55	84	160	160	160	160
60	96	181	181	181	181
65	107	202	202	202	202
70	117	222	222	222	222
75	127	241	241	241	241
80	137	259	259	259	259
85	146	276	276	276	276
90	154	292	292	292	292
95	161	306	306	306	306
100	168	318	318	318	318

Table 18 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on woody fallow land with softwood, mixed or hardwood forest cover based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	4 East	4 West	5 East	5 West
Potential vegetation groups	RS1	RS1	RS1	RS1
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)		Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0
10	2	2	1	1
15	5	5	2	2
20	10	10	5	5
25	18	18	9	9
30	27	27	14	14
35	39	39	19	19
40	51	51	25	25
45	64	64	32	32
50	78	78	39	39
55	93	93	46	46
60	107	107	53	53
65	121	121	60	60
70	135	135	67	67
75	147	147	74	74
80	159	159	80	80
85	170	170	85	85
90	180	180	90	90
95	189	189	95	95
100	197	197	99	99

Table 19 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on shrubby fallow land based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1 / 2 East /2 West / 3 East /3 West/ 4 East / 4 West / 5 East /5 West
Potential vegetation groups	FE_/ MJ_/ MS_ /RB_/ RS_ /RE_ /RS1
Age	Merchantable volume (m³/ha)
1	0
5	0
10	1
15	1
20	2
25	2
30	3
35	4
40	5
45	5
50	6
55	7
60	8
65	9
70	10
75	11
80	12
85	13
90	14
95	15
100	16

Table 20 – Growth curve values (merchantable volume in m³/ha) on grassy fallow land based on bioclimatic subdomains and potential vegetation groups

Bioclimatic subdomains	1 / 2 East /2 West / 3 East /3 West/ 4 East / 4 West / 5 East /5 West
Potential vegetation groups	FE_/ MJ_/ MS_ /RB_/ RS_ /RE_ /RS1
Age	Merchantable volume
1	0
5	1
10	1
15	1
20	1
25	2
30	2
35	2
40	2
45	2
50	2
55	3
60	3
65	3
70	3
75	3
80	3
85	4
90	4
95	4
100	4

M.O. 2022-11-17, Sch. D.