Mixed Forest (43)

From Anderson et al. (1976):
Mixed Forest Land includes all forested areas where both evergreen and deciduous trees are growing and neither predominates. When more than one third intermixture of either evergreen or deciduous species occurs in a specific area, it is classified as Mixed Forest Land. Where the intermixed land use or uses total less than one-third of the specified area, the category appropriate to the dominant type of Forest Land is applied, whether Deciduous or Evergreen.

Mixed forests can be identified in both the orthophotos and NAIP by the contrast in color between the coniferous and deciduous trees. Coniferous trees show up as black patches in the orthophotos compared to the deciduous trees which appear as a light gray during leaf off. In the NAIP imagery, coniferous trees are typically darker and coarser in appearance than deciduous trees. Clumps of both type of tree in a forest stand are an indicator of the mixed category.

Mixed Pine/Hemlock Types (423)