Types of vegetation,
the counts of grid boxes and the areas relative to the earth's surface
of the data set of Matthews (1984) [left]
and the generalized classification in this paper [right].
| code | count | rel. area | description | code | name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1045 | 0.0251 | Tropical evergreen rainforest, mangrove forest | a | tropical rain forest | |
| 2 | 352 | 0.0080 | Tropical/subtropical evergreen, seasonal broadleaved forest | b | evergreen forest | |
| 3 | 21 | 0.0004 | Subtropical evergreen rainforest | " | " | |
| 4 | 49 | 0.0008 | Temperate/subpolar evergreen rainforest | " | " | |
| 5 | 112 | 0.0024 | Temperate evergreen seasonal broadleaved forest, summer rain | " | " | |
| 6 | 65 | 0.0012 | Evergreen broadleaved sclerophyllous forest, winter rain | " | " | |
| 7 | 48 | 0.0010 | Tropical/subtropical evergreen needleleaved forest | c | needleleaved forest | |
| 8 | 1432 | 0.0189 | Temperate/subpolar evergreen needleleaved forest | " | " | |
| 9 | 342 | 0.0077 | Tropical/subtropical drought-deciduous forest | d | deciduous forest | |
| 10 | 931 | 0.0152 | Cold-deciduous forest, with evergreens | " | " | |
| 11 | 743 | 0.0108 | Cold-deciduous forest, without evergreens | " | " | |
| 12 | 267 | 0.0061 | Xeromorphic forest/woodland | e | woodland | |
| 13 | 218 | 0.0046 | Evergreen broadleaved sclerophyllous woodland | " | " | |
| 14 | 374 | 0.0052 | Evergreen needleleaved woodland | " | " | |
| 15 | 393 | 0.0092 | Tropical/subtropical drought-deciduous woodland | " | " | |
| 16 | 520 | 0.0052 | Cold-deciduous woodland | " | " | |
| 17 | 149 | 0.0030 | Evergreen broadleaved shurbland/thicket, evergreen dwarf shrubland | f | shrubland | |
| 18 | 94 | 0.0014 | Evergreen needleleaved or microphyllous shrubland/thicket | " | " | |
| 19 | 93 | 0.0019 | Drought-deciduous shrubland/thicket | " | " | |
| 20 | 95 | 0.0009 | Cold-deciduous subalpine/subpolar shrubland, cold-deciduous dwarf shurbland | " | " | |
| 21 | 919 | 0.0185 | Xeromorphic shrubland/dwarf shrubland | " | " | |
| 22 | 1464 | 0.0144 | Arctic/alpine tundra, mossy bog | g | tundra | |
| 23 | 803 | 0.0167 | Tall/medium/short grassland with 10 -- 40 % woody tree cover | h | grassland | |
| 24 | 368 | 0.0082 | Tall/medium/short grassland with < 10 % woody tree cover or tuft-plant cover | " | " | |
| 25 | 1032 | 0.0210 | Tall/medium/short grassland with shrub cover | " | " | |
| 26 | 136 | 0.0029 | Tall grassland, no woody cover | " | " | |
| 27 | 147 | 0.0029 | Medium grassland, no woody cover | " | " | |
| 28 | 781 | 0.0144 | Meadow, short grassland, no woody cover | " | " | |
| 29 | 49 | 0.0005 | Forb formations | " | " | |
| 30 | 1586 | 0.0311 | Desert | i | desert | |
| 31 | 7395 | 0.0316 | Ice | j | ice |