Source: IPCC Good Practice Guidance for LULUCF – Table 3A.1.8
Vegetation type |
Aboveground biomass (t/ha) |
Mean |
SD |
lower range |
upper range | |
Tropical/sub-tropical forest |
Secondary tropical/sub-tropical forest |
<125 |
0.42 |
0.22 |
0.14 |
0.83 |
Primary tropical/sub-tropical moist forest |
NS |
0.24 |
0.03 |
0.22 |
0.33 | |
Tropical/sub-tropical dry forest |
NS |
0.27 |
0.01 |
0.27 |
0.28 | |
Conifer forest/ plantation |
Conifer forest/plantation |
<50 |
0.46 |
0.21 |
0.21 |
1.06 |
Conifer forest/plantation |
50-150 |
0.32 |
0.08 |
0.24 |
0.50 | |
Conifer forest/plantation |
>150 |
0.23 |
0.09 |
0.12 |
0.49 | |
Temperate broadleaf forest/ plantation |
Oak forest |
>70 |
0.35 |
0.25 |
0.20 |
1.16 |
Eucalypt plantation |
<50 |
0.45 |
0.15 |
0.29 |
0.81 | |
Eucalypt plantation |
50-150 |
0.35 |
0.23 |
0.15 |
0.81 | |
Eucalypt forest/plantation |
>150 |
0.20 |
0.08 |
0.10 |
0.33 | |
Other broadleaf forest |
<75 |
0.43 |
0.24 |
0.12 |
0.93 | |
Other broadleaf forest |
75-150 |
0.26 |
0.10 |
0.13 |
0.52 | |
Other broadleaf forest |
>150 |
0.24 |
0.05 |
0.17 |
0.30 | |
Grassland |
Steppe/tundra/prairie grassland |
NS |
3.95 |
2.97 |
1.92 |
10.51 |
Temperate/sub-tropical/ tropical grassland |
NS |
1.58 |
1.02 |
0.59 |
3.11 | |
Semi-arid grassland |
NS |
2.80 |
1.33 |
1.43 |
4.92 | |
Other |
Woodland/savanna |
NS |
0.48 |
0.19 |
0.26 |
1.01 |
Shrubland |
NS |
2.83 |
2.04 |
0.34 |
6.49 | |
Tidal marsh |
NS |
1.04 |
0.21 |
0.74 |
1.23 | |
NS = Not specified | ||||||
