Hi Evan, "NR" and "Tree Site" are tree data and are defined in the User's Manual under Section 1.7.4. By default, there are only 10 ground cover categories, see Section 1.7.2. Category #4 (Rock) is defined as including: "Pervious rock surfaces such as gravel, brick, or flags...

For any inventory, you can expect to have unmatched species when using STRATUM. The included species lists are intended to capture the predominant species, but not be exhaustive in nature. As a STRATUM user, it is your responsibility to define unmatched species using the “Define Species” dialogue (s...

The Forest Service's Forest Health Monitoring program uses the diameter at root collar (DRC) calcultion for multistemmed trees: DRC = SQRT [SUM (stem diameter2)] Round the result to the nearest 0.1 in. For example, a multi-stemmed woodland tree with stems of 12.2, 13.2, 3.8, and 22.1 would be calcul...

With the canopy loss scenario, you can fill in each of the columns AE...AN or, if a single crown loss estimate can be made for the entire plot, only AE need be filled with this value.

Sorry for the delayed response.

Yes, column AP is an IF statement that sums the entered values for coumns AE...AN. And yes, for Canopy Loss scenario, an "n" is entered in coumn AD, but only a single average canopy loss value is needed and calculated (column AO). This average is then used to compute Post-Storm Brush (yd3)...

If you are interested in looking at what STRATUM has to offer, but don't have data for a project, try opening the the attached Sample Project from within the application.

Have fun. --Scott

Attachment function should now be working. Thanks for keeping at it....

Attachments are allowed. Take a second look and let me know if the function is not working for you. Thanks again. --Scott

Great suggestion on creating the Tip & Tricks forum, Jerry. Thanks for the STRATUM template!

Below is an excerpt from the Northern Mountain & Prairie Tree Guide (Appendix B, pp. 82-3): "To estimate the value of rainfall intercepted by urban trees, stormwater management control costs were based on construction and operation costs for a recently built detention/retention basin in For...

Just in case I'm not the only one that was wondering: C&D = construction & demolition, right?

Good contibutions to the forum, guys, thanks for posting. --Scott

Attached is the revised form that will be included in the v2.0 manual release. --Scott

The dollar value for stormwater interception is different for each climate zone in STRATUM. The origination of these values are chronicled in the Tree Guides. Each STRATUM climate zone is represented by a specific Tree Guide, which describe the underlying research methods and tree growth models used...

STRATUM is a big, blank screen until you enter a dialogue box or report through the menu items. It sounds like you were successful! Try producing a report and see what happens....

Hi Brian, Thanks for pointing out the inconsistency. Other users have also pointed out the problem and I am happy to report the updated version of MCTI has this issue resolved. It is scheduled to be released on Feb. 8th. If you can't wait until the 8th, you can try editing the pdf version of the for...