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USE = Fallow

Code: F

Description: larger areas recovering from past human disturbance and without current or planned use
Surface: <10% debris coveredsurface recovering or disrupted/ compacted/ partially sealed/strewn with impermeable debris
Vegetation: from annuals to mature trees/ some vegetation harvest & low intensity livestock grazing or <25% of year/ some small rainfed agriculture patches (<5m)
Water: usually no artificial water input/ minor hand watering of cultivated patches
Livestock: informal low intensity livestock grazing or <25% of year
L1 Minimum: >30m
L2 Minimum: >30m
Identification: seasonal NDVI & prior knowlege/ spectral signature/ proximity to Constructed use

Compatible Classes
FORM:
Mounded Excavated Terraced Slope Floodplain Foot Slope Bench Plateau Summit Sloping Steep Slope Marsh Flowing Marsh Shallow Stream Seasonal Stream Seasonal River Water Margin Canal Margin River Margin Small Pond Large Pond Reservoir Small Canal Large Canal Lake Stream River
COVER:
Barren Bare soil Variable Water Annual Mixed Perennial
GROUP:
hydromorphic vegetation tall graminoids annual vegetation open woody mix open wooded brush open mixed trees closed woody mix closed woody evergreen closed woody deciduous mixed trees deciduous broadleaf trees deciduous needleleaf trees evergreen broadleaf trees evergreen needleleaf trees variable water bare earth barren
Mapped Ecotopes
BPFXba01 ,  CAFWwa02 ,  CBFWwa02 ,  CMFAhv01 ,  FMFAhv01 ,  FMFWwa02 ,  FPFAav01 ,  FPFAhv01 ,  FPFEbe01 ,  MAFAhv01 ,  MAFAhv03 ,  MAFAhv04 ,  MSFWwa02 ,  PAFWwa01 ,  PBFWwa01 ,  REFWwa01 ,  RSFWwa02 ,  RVFWwa02 ,  SLFAav01 ,  SLFAtg01 ,  SLFEbe01 ,  SLFPdt02 ,  SLFPen02 ,  SLFPot02 ,  SSFAav01 ,  SSFAav02 ,  SSFPob03 ,  SSFXba01 ,  SUFPdt02 ,  WMFAhv01

Citation for AEM: Ellis E. C., H. Wang, H. Xiao, K. Peng, X. P. Liu, S. C. Li, H. Ouyang, X. Cheng, and L. Z. Yang. 2006. Measuring long-term ecological changes in densely populated landscapes using current and historical high resolution imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 100(4):457-473.