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1. 0 2 569 1 1 Of 4 4 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 229 6 15 0 142 4 6 271 2 36 6 493 782 199 6 28 2 381 782 6 8 28 6 6 9 117 367 14 4 5 4 80 204 8 10 42 9 18 5 365 860 22 0 85 207 503 10 12 20 8 14 4 282 571 9 3 5 6 79 129 12 14 30 2 28 3 615 1519 30 228 3 615 1519 Totals 450 6 104 1873 4099 1 3 39 1903 2470 continued 47 e XAMPLE continued YIELD TABLES TEST PLOT278 Page 1 DATA FILE PLOT278 11 24 88 8 42 AM at trees cf Scrib trees cf Scrib species yr acre ba vol vol acre ba vol vol 1111211111111 AAA AERA ENDING RE SIDU AL Y EL 0 CHANGE Doug Fir 36 451 9 65 8 970 1628 TOTAL 451 9 65 8 970 1628 TOTAL MAI 27 45 CONIFER MAI 27 45 ENDING R E SI D U AL Y I E L D 0 YR CHANGE Doug Fir 41 450 6 104 9 1873 4099 1 3 391 902 2470 TOTAL 450 6 104 9 1873 4099 1 3 39 1 902 2470 TOTAL MAI 46 100 PAI 180 6 494 CONIFER MAI 46 100 PAI 1806 494 RESIDUAL UT YIELD REMOVAL Doug Fir 41 201 8 264 428 879 294 8 79 0 1447 3219 TOTAL 201 8 26 4 428 879 2948 79 0 1447 3219 ENDING RE SID UAL Y IEL 5 CHANGE Doug Fir 46 200 3 41 3 796 2400 1 5 14 8 367 9 1521 TOTAL 200 3 41 3 796 2400 15 148 367 9 1521 TOTA
2. w u u w m h A 9 please wait missing heights are being calculated 1 tree height predicted from 18 entered heights CR to continue 16 c Crown Ratio and Crown Ratio Calibration ORGANON makes two passes through the input data file to determine crown ra tio calibration and to generate missing crown ratios The first pass through the data calculates crown ratios for all trees in the stand having measured crown ra tios ORGANON uses this predicted crown ratio along with the measured crown ratio to determine a calibration val ue by species using weighted simple line ar regression through the origin If the value for a species is not significantly dif ferent p 0 99 from 1 0 the calibration value is set to 1 0 If the calibration value is determined to be greater than 2 0 or less than 0 5 the calibration value for that species is set to 2 0 or 0 5 respective ly A calibration value of 1 4 or 85 signi fies that the sample crown ratios were on the average 1 4 times or 85 times the crown ratios determined by the height to crown base equations developed for OR GANON ORGANON uses this value to predict the missing crown ratios During missing crown ratio calculations height to crown base is calculated If it is greater than 95 of the height the height to crown base is set to 95 of the height
3. 1 Describe Expansion 2 Use Default Expansion file ORGANON EXP 3 Create ORGANON EXP CR Describe Expansion INPUT gt 2 EXPANSION FACTORS FOR FILE PLOT278 SUBSAMPLE 1 Fixed PLOT RADIUS FT 7 78 SUBSAMPLE 2 Fixed PLOT RADIUS FT 15 56 SUBSAMPLE 3 Variable radius 20 0 BAF LIMITS HAVE BEEN SET AS FOLLOWS 1 0 lt DBH lt 4 0 SUBSAMPLE 1 2 4 0 lt DBH lt 8 0 SUBSAMPLE 2 3 DBH gt 8 0 SUBSAMPLE 3 Reject these defaults N gt lt CR gt RRR please wait expansion factors are being calculated 3 Create Default Expansion File In order to avoid repetition when a sam pling unit description is used frequently ORGANON can create a default file con taining that description The file is creat ed responding to prompts as previously described in input method 1 Thereafter the default file can be used to answer prompts by selecting input method 2 b Height and Height Calibration ORGANON makes two passes through the input data file to determine height cal ibration values and to generate missing 15 heights The first pass through the data predicts heights for all trees in the stand having measured heights ORGANON uses this predicted height along with the measured height to determine a calibra tion value by species using weighted sim ple linear regression through the origin If the calibration v
4. ADD a record EDIT record number lt CR gt to END CORRECT gt LST tree species height crown exp radgro user point dbh ratio factor code 1 1 DF 78 433 73 00 00 0 2 1 DF 0 459 94 00 00 0 3 1 DF 90 402 89 00 00 0 4 1 DF 11 1 99 00 00 0 5 1 DF 49 356 98 00 00 0 6 1 DF 33 219 86 00 00 0 7 1 DF 30 198 85 00 00 0 8 2 DF 10 4 450 88 00 00 0 9 2 DF 98 466 91 00 00 0 10 2 DF 116 583 95 00 00 0 111 2 DF 41 31 2 89 00 00 0 12 2 DF 76 436 92 00 00 0 13 2 DF 44 304 92 00 00 0 14 2 DF 46 353 73 00 00 0 15 2 DF 2 45 87 00 00 0 16 3 7 63 367 92 00 00 0 17 3 DF 36 202 95 00 00 0 18 3 DF 39 225 98 00 00 0 19 4 DF 51 307 95 00 00 0 201 5 PLOT WITH NO TREES CR to continue c Modify a Record To modify any variable of a tree or to de lete a tree entirely first enter the tree record number This tree number is the record number assigned during data file input You can also obtain this number by selecting the LST option above and listing the file on the screen This num ber is useful only for editing purposes After you select a record number ORGA NON displays all variables of that record All modifications to tree variables made during on line editing are saved only in the INP file The original raw data file remains unchanged Strongly Recom mended and Optional tree variables that were not entered appear as 0 during on line editing These zero values do not
5. b Cubic Foot Hardwood Top Diameter This parameter specifies the top inside bark diameter in inches for hardwoods to be used during cubic foot calculations of volumes for tables and plots If you select the OSU volume equations the only valid responses are 0 4 or 6 inches c Cubic Foot Conifer Stump Height This parameter specifies the stump height in feet for conifers to be used dur ing cubic foot calculations of volumes for tables and plots If you select the OSU volume equations you can choose any stump height below 4 5 feet The following example shows the default selection menu when you choose the sys tem defaults and the OSU volume equa tions are replaced with BLM volume equations 1 Use System Defaults 3 Create ORGANON DEF INPUT gt 1 RUN DEFAULTS INPUT TO MODIFY gt 11 RUN DEFAULTS DISPLAY MENUS USE HEIGHT CALIBRATION USE HTCB CALIBRATION LIMIT ON MAX BA CR to end INPUT TO MODIFY gt has not been selected DEFAULT SELECTION SAMPLE DEFAULT INPUT SELECTION TRIPLING USE DIAM GRO CALIBRATION YIELD TABLE MORTALITY TABLE PRINTER FORM FEED 10 GRAPHICS PRINTER 11 VOLUME EQUATIONS 12 MAX SAMPLE TREES BLM VOLUME DEFAULTS 13 BLM MINIMUM DBH gt 6 0 7 0 inches 2 Use Defaut file ORGANON DEF Use System Defaults 1 TRIPLING No 2 DISPLAY MENUS Yes 3 USE HEIGHT CALIB
6. 0 0 6 0 0 in 18 HARDWOOD TOP DIAM 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 in 19 CONIFER STUMP HT Oft CR to end INPUT TO MODIFY gt lt CR gt Default values are now Set 26 Execution Suggestions The following tips will make execution of the ORGANON model faster and simpler 1 In most cases when ORGANON prompts you for a response a response appears in parentheses after the prompt This response is ORGANON s default response should you press a carriage return CR The values of the default responses carriage re turns were selected by ORGANON s authors as the most frequently expect ed responses Running ORGANON with default responses reduces user keyboard entries and speeds program execution 2 Whenever ORGANON prompts you for a YES or NO response entering YES or yes are all acceptable values for yes The values N n NO or no are acceptable values for no 3 Any response may be entered in all capital letters or all small letters OR GANON is not case sensitive 4 When menus are not displayed you may request them at anytime by en tering or HELP when prompted 5 When a number of reports must be printed ORGANON runs faster if all report output is to a file only or to the screen and a file After program exe cution use the MS DOS PRINT com mand to print reports in the output file You may edit the output file with a word processor to eliminate all but the re
7. 19 records remaining after deletion 19 tree records 0 plot records with no trees ERRORS to correct LIST all records ADD a record lt CR gt to END continued NOTE To continue to follow the examples shown in this manual using test file PLOT278 Perform the following corrections Record 15 change height to 5 2 Record 16 make species code 202 DF Record 4 21 delete added piot 8 record ERROR CORRECTION EXAMPLE continued CORRECT gt CR 4 points determined for TEST PLOT278 lt CR gt to continue 3 Productivity Variables a Site Indexes ORGANON requests two site indexes Douglas fir and Ponderosa Pine You must enter at least one of the two site in dexes If both values are entered both are used If only one value is entered the site index not entered is calculated from the entered site index Guidelines for measuring site index can be found in Hann and Scrivani 1987 SITE INDEXES EXAMPLE Douglas Fir total height site index gt 109 4 Ponderosa Pine total height site index gt 102 9 b Even Uneven Age Stand You may enter the sample stand as an even or uneven aged stand SITE INDEXES EXAMPLE Even age Stand Y gt lt CR gt c Stand Age If you enter an even age stand ORGA NON prompts you for the stand age as measured by breast height diameter You have the option to enter the number of years to breast heig
8. If the calibrated height to crown base is less than 0 the calibrated height to crown base is set to 0 During crown change if the crown ratio is less than 0 5 it is set to 0 5 The use of these values during growth can be specified before each OR GANON run see RUN DEFAULTS CROWN RATIO CALIBRATION EXAMPLE please wait determining crown ratio calibration value DOUGLAS FIR crown ratio calibration value GRAND WHITE FIR crown ratio calibration value PONDEROSA PINE crown ratio calibration value SUGAR PINE crown ratio calibration value INCENSE CEDAR crown ratio calibration value WESTERN HEMLOCK crown ratio calibration value MADRONE crown ratio calibration value CHINKAPIN crown ratio calibration value TANOAK crown ratio calibration value CANYON LIVE OAK crown ratio calibration value BIG LEAF MAPLE crown ratio calibration value WHITE OAK crown ratio calibration value BLACK OAK crown ratio calibration value CR s entered u mg w wm mw ooooooooooootNn OoOcooooooo o0900 please wait missing crown ratios are being calculated 0 crown ratios predicted from 19 entered crown ratios to continue 17 d Diameter Calibration If you enter radial growth values the di ameter calibration values are determined by species using weighted simple linear regression through the origin The stand is back dated and then grown in order to compare actual diameter growth with pre dicted diameter
9. board foot calculations of volumes for ta bles and plots If you select the OSU vol ume equations you can choose any mini mum top diameter b Board Foot Trim Allowance This parameter specifies the amount of log end trim in inches to be used during board foot calculations of volumes for ta bles and plots If you select the OSU vol ume equations you can choose any top di ameter c Board Foot Stump Height This specifies the stump height in feet to be used during board foot calculations of volumes for tables and plots If you select the OSU volume equations you can choose any stump height under 4 5 feet d Board Foot Log Length This parameter specifies the log length desired in feet to be used during board foot calculations of volumes for tables and plots If you select the OSU volume equa 24 tions you can choose any log length e Board Foot Minimum Log Length This parameter specifies the minimum log length acceptable in feet to be used during board foot calculations of volumes for tables and plots If you select the OSU volume equations you can choose any minimum log length 3 Cubic Foot Defaults a Cubic Foot Conifer Top Diameter This parameter specifies the top inside bark diameter in inches for conifers to be used during cubic foot calculations of vol umes for tables and plots If you select the OSU volume equations you can choose any value of cubic foot top diame ter between 0 and 6 inches
10. 1 2 3 ININCHES 2468024680246 80 DIAMETER 1 2 3 ININCHES 2468024680246 80 Per Acre Plots For any per acre variable displayed on The following example is a PAB plot the Stand Table ORGANON can plot which is a histogram of the per acre basal that variable by diameter class The di area change by diameter class for the last ameter values displayed on the X axis in set of growth cycles requested dicate the upper diameter of the class 14 represents 12 lt DBH lt 14 The following table shows the plots avail able associated with the Stand Table TABLE Residual Stand Table PDF Ending Diameter Frequency PVC Ending Cubic Foot Volume PVS Ending Scribner Volume PBA Ending Area PFC Change in Diameter Frequency PGC Change in Cubic Foot Volume PGS Change in Scribner Volume PAB Change in Basal Area 32 PAB PLOT EXAMPLE TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 46 AM NET CHANGE IN BASAL AREA TOTAL 41 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES N E T C H A N G E mmo DMD gt 2 DIAMETER 1 2 3 ININCHES 2468024680246 80 k Table and Plot Parameters 1 Species Each time you select CUT or RESIDUAL REPORTS from the main menu you must also select the species or species group to be reported All reports except STOCK ING TABLE and YIELD TABLE which always displays Douglas Fir Grand White Fir Ponderosa Pine Other Conifer and Hardwoods only display the results for that species or species group The spe
11. 46 AM INITIAL PER ACRE STAND TABLE AT 36 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES Page 1 ENDING NET 0 YR CHANGE diam trees cf Scrib trees cf Scrib class acre ba vol vol ba vol vol 0 2 573 0 0 0 2 4 229 1 15 0142 0 4 6 71 6 84112 0 6 8 43 0 12 4197 571 8 10 20 9 10 0 158 357 0 12 30 2 20 0 362 701 Totals 451 9 65 8 970 1628 PER ACRE STAND TABLE EXAMPLE PLOT278 11 24 88 8 47 AM INITIAL PER ACRE STAND TABLE AT 41 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES Page 1 ENDING NET 0 YR CHANGE diam trees cf Scrib trees cf Scrib class acre vol vol acre bavol vol 0 2 569 1 1 0 4 4 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 229 6 15 0 142 0 4 6 271 2 36 6 493 782 199 6 28 2 381 782 6 8 28 6 6 9 117 367 14 4 5 4 80 204 8 10 42 9 18 5 365 860 22 0 8 5 207 503 0 12 20 8 14 4 282 571 9 3 5 6 79 129 2 14 30 2 28 3 615 1519 30 2 28 3 615 1519 Totals 450 6 104 1873 4099 1 3 39 1903 2470 d Stocking Table SK The Stocking Table provides the same per acre values displayed in the stand table only summarized by species group Addi tionally this table provides Reineke s 1933 stand density index Southwest Oregon relative density index Hann and Wang quadratic mean diameter mean height diameter and crown ratio for all trees greater than 45 feet in height The following examples show an initial Stock ing Table and a Stocking Table after 5 year s growth 1 growth cycle INITIAL RESID
12. An other thinning attempt using the same target except from below instead of above or vice versa usually achieves an exact target stand density index In the follow ing example a user selects a proportional stand density index thinning to a target SDI of 200 0 STAND DENSITY INDEX THIN EXAMPLE MANAGE gt DI Stand Density Index is currently 99 Target SDI gt 75 A from above B from below P proportional Enter SDI control from gt P Accept this thin Y gt CR Executing SDI Proportional thin Stand Density Index is currently 75 4 User Code Thin US As defined previously a numeric user code with a value between 1 and 99 is a variable that you can enter for each tree record that can later be used in thinning When you select US ORGANON prompts you for the user code along with the percent of that user code to thin In the following example 20 percent of all trees with a user code of 0 are to be cut USER CODE THIN EXAMPLE MANAGE gt US Enter user code to thin gt 0 Enter percent to cut gt 20 Accept this thin Y gt Executing thin by user code 0 b Fertilization FE This routine is not currently active c Ingrowth IN Ingrowth selection from the management menu allows the addition of small trees to the tree list All trees added must have a breast height diameter less than 2 inches and a height greater than 4 5 feet Ex pansio
13. WILL BE RUN GROWTH CYCLE LIMITS EXAMPLE ORGANON gt GR Number of 5 year cycles to execute 1 gt 20 NUMBER OF CYCLES REQUESTED WILL CAUSE STAND AGE TO EXCEED MAX STAND AGE ONLY 19 CYCLES WILL BE RUN GROWTH CYCLE LIMITS EXAMPLE ORGANON gt GR Number of 5 year cycles to execute 1 gt 2 NO GROWTH CYCLES POSSIBLE NO REMAINING MAJOR SPECIES 38 GROWTH CYCLE LIMITS EXAMPLE ORGANON GR Number of 5 year cycles to execute 1 gt 5 START CYCLE 10 CYCLE 10 COMPUTATION ENDS WITH 50 YEARS TOTAL STAND GROWTH please wait yield table values are being calculated END OF CYCLE 10 39 5 OF THE MAJOR SPECIES TREES ARE OVER 120 YEARS START CYCLE 11 CYCLE 11 COMPUTATION ENDS WITH 15 YEARS TOTAL STAND GROWTH please wait yield table values are being calculated END OF CYCLE 11 51 2 OF THE MAJOR SPECIES TREES ARE OVER 120 YEARS GROWTH TERMINATED MORE THAN 50 OF MAJOR SPECIES TREES OVER 120 YEARS ORGANON gt NOTE The preceding examples do not necessarily reflect messages given for ex ample TEST PLOT278 4 Management MT The management routines let you select view and execute a management scheme of thinning fertilization and harvesting A display of the Management Menu fol lows MANAGEMENT MENU EXAMPLE MANAGEMENT MENU Selection FE Fertilize FH Final Harvest IN Ingrowth Thin DB Diameter B
14. cies choices are listed below AL All Species Lumps all species listed in sec tion R together SP Specific Species One of the specific species listed in AC All conifers Lumps all trees with species codes less than or equal to 300 together AH hardwoods Lumps all trees with species codes greater than 300 together The selected species or species group is fixed until you exit the REPORT menu The default response lt CR gt for the spe cies code is AL ALL SPECIES The fol lowing examples show how to select re ports for display of a species group ALL HARDWOODS and a single species DOUGLAS FIR SPECIES SELECTION EXAMPLE Species groups Specific Species AL All Species DF Douglas Fir Conifers PP Ponderosa Pine H woods MD Madrone TA Tanoak BL Big Leaf Maple BO Black Oak GW Grand White Fir SP Sugar Pine WH W Hemlock GC Chinkapin CL Canyon Live Oak WO White Oak SPECIES OR SPECIES GROUP DESIRED AL gt AH SPECIES SELECTION EXAMPLE Species groups Specific Species AL All Species DF Douglas Fir Conifers PP Ponderosa Pine AH All H woods WH W Hemlock MD Madrone TA Tanoak BL Big Leaf Maple GW GrandMWhite Fir SP Sugar Pine IC IncenseCedar GC Chinkapin CL Canyon Live Oak WO White Oak BO Black Oak SPECIES OR SPECIES GROUP DESIRED AL gt DF 2 Destination When you request any reports you must also choose a d
15. into ORGANON 1 Error and Warning Detection As ORGANON reads an input file the SSS ERROR AND WARNING DETECTION EXAMPLE continued raw data is scanned for errors As errors are detected only the trees with errors are identified and displayed on the screen unless you request the model to list every tree record in the file If you request this option ORGANON prompts you to con nect and ready the printer Ignore this prompt if a hard copy is unnecessary The printer MUST be connected later in the program to print reports if they are sent to the printer After all the data are read ORGANON provides an error sum mary These errors may include Plot Point number of 0 Missing variables that are REQUIRED DBH of 0 inches Illegal species code Blank records Total tree height of 4 5 inches or under oou oma Along with the fatal errors detected OR GANON also displays if STRONGLY RECOMMENDED and OPTIONAL varia bles have been entered and if any plots points were entered with no trees ERROR AND WARNING DETECTION EXAMPLE C gt CD MODEL CAMODEL ORGANON Has your data file been previously edited Y gt N Do you want to edit an existing file Y gt CR Stand 1 0 20 char TEST PLOT278 Tree data file name NO extension i e A MYFILE gt PLOT278 Display data as well as errors during read N gt CR DBH 0 0 FOR TREE 2 IS NOT VALID HEIGHT 4 5 FOR TREE 15 IS NOT VA
16. may slow more experienced users You can eliminate these menu displays by selecting NO on the menu display Even with the menus off a brief prompt i e MANAGE gt displays to indicate the type of input re quested If you are still uncertain about input choices enter HELP or ORGANON will display the full menu Execution time is slightly quicker when full menus are not displayed on the screen The default for this parameter is YES display menus d Height Calibration When a data file is initially entered into ORGANON height calibrations are calcu lated for each species If you choose YES the height calibration ratios modify the equations for use in growth predic tions for hardwoods and Western Hem lock If the calibrations were determined from actual tree measurement inputs the growth models are calibrated for the spe cific stand The default for this parame ter is YES use calibrations 22 e Height to Crown Base Calibration When a data file is initially entered into ORGANON height to crown base calibra tions are calculated for each of the spe cies If you choose YES for this parame ter the height to crown base calibration ratios modify the equations for predicting change in height to crown base If the calibrations were determined from actual tree measurement inputs the growth models are calibrated for the specific stand The default for this parameter is YES use calibrat
17. species group to which the thinning will be applied Lower DBH The smallest diameter for the thinning This diameter will NOT be included in the thinning Percent removal The percent to remove at the lower diameter Upper DBH The largest diameter for the thinning This diameter WILL be includ ed in the thinning Percent removal The percent to remove at the largest diameter The removal percentages for diameters between the smallest and largest diame ters are determined by linear interpola tion The formula for this interpolation 18 P DL DU DL PU PL PL Where Pi Percent removal for an interim diameter i The interim diameter DU The largest diameter DL The smallest diameter PU Percent removal for the largest diameter PL Percent removal for the smallest diameter 39 In the following example a thin of 50 from 2 5 trees linearly decreasing to 10 from 28 trees is performed on the DOUG LAS FIR in the stand DIAMETER CLASS THIN EXAMPLE MANAGE DB SPECIES OR SPECIES GROUP DESIRED AL DF WARNING Lower DBH value not included Upper DBH value included i e lower CUT lt upper Enter lower DBH 2 5 Enter lower removal 96 50 Enter upper DBH gt 28 Enter upper removal gt 10 Accept this thin Y gt CR Executing thin by DBH control CR to continue 2 Basal Area Thin BA You can c
18. the Cut Stand Table is labeled RESIDUAL and pro vides by 2 diameter class the number of trees basal area cubic foot volume and scribner volume per acre for the stand af ter cutting The right side of the Cut Stand Table labeled REMOVAL pro vides the same information as the left for the cut trees Values for each diameter class displayed in the tables include the upper diameter but not the lower diame ter The following is an example of a Cut Stand Table after performing a basal area thin of 20 sq ft from above See BASAL AREA THIN 35 CUT STAND TABLE EXAMPLE TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 49 AM POST CUT PER ACRE STAND TABLE AT 41 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES Page 1 RESIDUAL REMOVAL diam trees cf Scrib trees cf Scrib class acre vol voi acre ba vol vol 0 2 569 1 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 271 2 84112 0 0 6 8 28 6 69117 367 0 8 10 42 9 18 5 365 860 0 0 12 20 8 14 4 282 571 0 2 14 98 8 3164 336 120 4 20 Totals 430 2 84 9 1423 2916 20 4 20 0 450 1183 The Cut Stocking Table is similar to the Residual Stocking Table except that the left side of the Cut Stocking Table is la beled RESIDUAL The Cut Stocking Table provides by species group the num ber of trees basal area cubic foot volume and scribner volume per acre for the stand after cutting The right side of the table labeled REMOVAL provides the same information as the left for the cut trees The followi
19. top diameter hardwood top diameter and conifer stump height See listings 2 and 3 below for definitions Values of this pa rameter can be OSU or BLM The de fault setting is OSU use the OSU vol ume equations Selecting the OSU volume equations ini tializes board foot and cubic foot parame ters with the following values BOARD FOOT Min log top diameter 6 inches Trim allowance 8 inches Stump height 0 5 feet Log length 32 feet Min log length 8 feet CUBIC FOOT Conifer top diameter 0 inches Hardwood top diameter 0 inches Conifer stump height 0 inches If you select the OSU volume equations each of these parameters is displayed and may be redefined If you select the BLM volume equations the following values are used in calcula tions and cannot be redefined BOARD FOOT Min log top diameter 5 inches if DBH lt 15 inches Variable 5 0 0 1837 DBH 15 0 if DBH gt 15 inches Trim allowance 0 3 feet Stump height 1 5 feet Log length 16 feet Minimum log length 4 1 feet 23 CUBIC FOOT Conifer top diameter 5 inches if DBH lt 15 inches Variable 5 0 0 1837 DBH 15 0 if DBH gt 15 inches Hardwood top diameter 5 inches if DBH lt 15 inches Variable 5 0 0 1837 DBH 15 0 if DBH gt 15 inches Conifer stump height 1 5 feet 2 Board Foot Defaults a Minimum Board Foot Log Top Diameter This parameter specifies the top inside bark diameter in inches to be used during
20. vol acre ba vol vol Ingrowth 46 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 36 1 0 0 1223 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 88 9 12 0 163 261 182 3 24 6 331 521 6 8 98 2 4 40 126 188 45 77 241 8 10 157 6 8 134 315 27 2 11 7 231 545 10 12 68 4 6 89 177 14 1 9 8 193 395 12 14 0 0 0 302 283 615 1519 Totals 201 8 26 4 428 879 294 8 79 0 1447 3220 d Final Harvest FH When you choose a final harvest all re maining trees in the stand regardless of species are cut The only gelections available from the main menu after a fi nal harvest are CUT REPORTS and RE START The cuts are included on the YIELD TABLE if requested and the CU MULATIVE CUT LOG TABLE The fol lowing is an example of selecting a Final Harvest option FINAL HARVEST EXAMPLE MANAGE FH FINAL HARVEST PLEASE NOTE HARVEST RESULTS IN ALL TREES TO CUT TABLE amp NO FURTHER STAND GROWTH From MANAGEMENT MENU accept final harvest with PM reject harvest with CR CR To Management Menu to continue MANAGE PM Selected management executing please wait yield table values are being calculated please wait for Cumulative Cut Log Table to continue 42 e Creating a Management Scheme LAYERED MANAGEMENT All management options are performed in a layered fashion A number of manage ment options are available and you
21. 0 1 00 1 00 SUGAR PINE 1 00 1 00 1 00 INCENSE CEDAR 1 00 1 00 1 00 WESTERN HEMLOCK 1 00 1 00 1 00 MADRONE 1 00 1 00 1 00 CHINKAPIN 1 00 1 00 1 00 TANOAK 1 00 1 00 1 00 CANYON LIVE OAK 1 00 1 00 1 00 BIG LEAF MAPLE 1 00 1 00 1 00 WHITE OAK 1 00 1 00 1 00 BLACK OAK 1 00 1 00 1 00 gt gt gt gt gt WARNING lt lt lt lt lt lt 50 SAMPLE TREES IS THE MINIMUM RECOMMENDED gt gt gt o gt gt WARNING lt lt lt lt lt lt TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 46 AM Page 1 INITIAL PER ACRE STAND TABLE AT 36 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES NET 0 ENDING YEAR CHANGE diam trees cf Scrib trees cf Scrib class acre ba vol vol acre ba vol vol 0 2 573 0 0 0 2 4 2291 15 0142 0 4 6 71 6 84112 0 6 8 43 0 12 4 197 571 8 10 20 9 10 0 158 357 10 12 30 2 20 0362 701 Totals 451 9 65 8 970 1628 continued FINAL OUTPUT FILE AND RUN HISTORY EXAMPLE continued TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 46 AM PER ACRE DIAM DIST TOTAL 36 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES mmuozcz Q9 m m zz DIAMETER 1 2 3 IN INCHES 246802468024680 TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 47 AM Page 1 PER ACRE STAND TABLE AT 41 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES 5 YEAR CHANGE diam trees Cf scrib trees cf scrib class acre ba vol vol acre ba vol vol
22. 5 A numeric value does not fall within the requested range EXECUTION ENDED WITH gt 50 OF A warning that the current growth cycle TREES OVER 120 YEARS is completed and more than 50 of the major have reached growth effective age greater than 120 years at breast height No more growth will be allowed after this point FILE ORGANON DEF DOES NOT EX IST During default selection a request was made to use the preset user defaults in file ORGANON DEF on the default drive This file does not exist at this time and selection lt 3 gt should be used to create this file When a file name for an existing file is requested in ORGANON the file name entered did not exist on the specified drive If a drive was not specified the file did not exist on the default drive Be sure to enter the drive specification or check the spelling of the file name Data files must have no extensions FILE xxx DOES NOT EXIST Drive OK 53 FILE xxx DOES NOT EXIST Either re enter a data file name check DRIVE or enter lt CR gt to STOP FILE xxx EXISTS OVERWRITE GROWTH TERMINATED MORE THAN 50 OF MAJOR SPECIES TREES OVER 120 YEARS HEIGHT 4 5 FOR TREE xxx IS NOT VALID ILLEGAL PLOT POINT NUMBER OR BLANK LINE FOR TREE xxx RECORD WILL BE IGNORED ILLEGAL SPECIES CODE xxx FOR TREE yyy 54 Wh
23. 81 Incense Cedar 431 Golden Chinkapin 117 Sugar Pine 631 Tanoak 122 Ponderosa Pine 805 Canyon Live Oak 202 Douglas Fir 815 Oregon White Oak 263 Western Hemlock 818 California Black Oak For any tree species not listed assign a code to the tree from the list above that closely resembles the growth of your un listed tree species c Diameter at Breast Height Required The diameter at breast height is the out side diameter measured in inches to the nearest one tenth inch at the tree s breast height approximately 4 1 2 feet above ground on uphill side for all trees greater than breast height d Total Tree Height Strongly Recommended The total tree height is the height of the tree from ground level to the crown s tip measured in feet to the nearest one tenth foot for all trees e Crown Ratio Strongly Recommended The crown ratio is the length in feet of the live crown CL divided by the total tree height HT Crown length is the total tree height minus the height to crown base HCB In symbolic terms crown ra tio is computed by R CL HT 1 0 HCB HT When determining the base of the live crown ignore epicormic and short branch es less than 3 feet long For trees of une ven crown length visually transfer lower branches on the longer side to fill holes in the upper portion of the shorter side to generate a full even crown f Expansion Factor Optional The expansion factor is the weight i e n
24. A Basal Area DI Stand Density US User Code Reports RR Residual CR Cut Restart RS Restart Management Selection Exit PM Perform Management and Exit VM Void Management and Exit MANAGE gt a Thin There are several approaches you can use to thin a stand You can use any combi nation of these thinning methods to ob tain the desired results All thinning op erations are reflected on YIELD TABLES if requested and on CUMULATIVE CUT LOG TABLES After you select each thinning operation you can change your mind and not thin the stand if you so choose ORGANON lets you cancel your action and returns you to the main menu Thinnings are accomplished within OR GANON by reducing the expansion fac tors of the trees affected As an example a Diameter Proportional thinning is ac complished by reducing the expansion fac tors of all trees by the fractional value a constant needed to meet the user specified goal Thinning from above or below starts with the largest or small est diameter and sets it and each suc ceeding smaller or larger tree to zero un til doing so to the next smaller larger tree would remove too many trees per acre A fractional part of that tree s ex pansion is then removed to meet your de sired goal 1 Diameter Thin DB You can choose a diameter thin to thin by diameter class ORGANON prompts you for the following information Species The species or
25. A0000305047722 OR X August 1989 HEO F76 me Die Stare iiie n ORGANON SOUTHWEST OREGON GROWTH AND YIELD MODEL USER MANUAL Version 2 0 Arlene S Hester David W Hann David R Larsen S 80 3 za lene ORG ANON College of Forestry Oregon State University The Forest Research Laboratory of Oregon State University was established by the Oregon Legislature to conduct research leading to expanded forest yields increased use of forest products and acceler ated economic development of the State Its scientists conduct this research in laboratories and forests administered by the University and cooperating agencies and industries throughout Oregon Re search results are made available to potential users through the Uni versitys educational programs and through Laboratory publications such as this which are directed as appropriate to forest landowners and managers manufacturers and users of forest products leaders of and industry the scientific community and the general public The Authors Arlene S Hester is research assistant and David W Hann is associate professor of biometry Department of Forest Resources Col lege of Forestry Oregon State University Corvallis David R Larsen is research associate Resources Management Division College of Forest Resources University of Washington Seattle When this work was done Larsen was a research assistant College of Forestry Ore gon
26. ACTOR EXAMPLE continued EXPANSION FACTORS FOR FILE PLOT278 SUBSAMPLE 1 Fixed PLOT RADIUS FT 7 78 SUBSAMPLE 2 Fixed PLOT RADIUS FT 15 56 SUBSAMPLE 3 Variable radius 20 BAF Would you like to re enter N gt CR Upper and lower limits must be assigned to the 3 subsamples Enter limits and adjustment will be made as follows 048 12 4 subsamples results in 1 0 0 lt DBH lt 4 0 SUBSAMPLE 1 2 4 0 lt DBH lt 8 0 SUBSAMPLE 2 3 8 0 DBH lt 12 0 SUBSAMPLE 3 4 DBH gt 12 0 SUBSAMPLE 4 Enter limits for subsamples gt 0 4 8 LIMITS HAVE BEEN SET AS FOLLOWS 1 0 lt DBH lt 4 0 SUBSAMPLE 1 2 40 lt DBH lt 8 0 SUBSAMPLE 2 3 DBH gt 8 0 SUBSAMPLE 3 Would you like to re enter N gt CR dt please wait expansion factors are being calculated 2 Use Default Expansion File default expansion file ORGANON EXP which describes a commonly used sam pling method can provide answers to all of ORGANON s prompts as described in input method 1 When you select the default expansion file as the input method ORGANON displays the file and prompts you to verify accep tance of the sampling description If the default description is unacceptable you must select another sampling input meth od USE DEFAULT EXPANSION FILE EXAMPLE EXPANSION DEFAULT SELECTION
27. DEFAULTS CONIFER TOP DIAM 0 0 6 0 0 in 18 HARDWOOD TOP DIAM 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 in 19 CONIFER STUMP HT 0 ft Oomnouoormrtomza CR to end INPUT TO MODIFY gt 9 continued 25 DEFAULT SELECTION EXAMPLE continued RUN DEFAULTS TRIPLING No DISPLAY MENUS Yes USE HEIGHT CALIBRATION Yes USE HTCB CALIBRATION Yes USE DIAM GRO CALIBRATION Yes LIMIT ON MAX BA Yes YIELD TABLE Yes MORTALITY TABLE No PRINTER FORM FEED No GRAPHICS PRINTER Yes VOLUME EQUATIONS OSU BOARD FOOT DEFAULTS 12 LOG TOP DIAM 6 inches 13 TRIM ALLOWANCE 8 inches 14 STUMP HEIGHT 5 feet 15 LOG LENGTH 32 feet 16 MIN LOG LENGTH 8 0 feet CUBIC FOOT DEFAULTS 17 CONIFER TOP DIAM 0 0 6 0 0 in 18 HARDWOOD TOP DIAM 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 in 19 CONIFER STUMP HT 0 ft CR to end INPUT TO MODIFY gt 12 Enter inches gt 4 RUN DEFAULTS TRIPLING No DISPLAY MENUS Yes USE HEIGHT CALIBRATION Yes USE HTCB CALIBRATION Yes USE DIAM GRO CALIBRATION Yes LIMIT ON MAX BA Yes YIELD TABLE Yes MORTALITY TABLE No PRINTER FORM FEED No GRAPHICS PRINTER Yes VOLUME EQUATIONS OSU WN gt oh BOARD FOOT DEFAULTS 12 LOG TOP DIAM 4 inches 13 TRIM ALLOWANCE 8 inches 14 STUMP HEIGHT 5 feet 15 LOG LENGTH 32 feet 16 MIN LOG LENGTH 8 0 feet CUBIC FOOT DEFAULTS 17 CONIFER TOP DIAM
28. EMOVAL Doug Fir 66 0 0 0 0 199 165 8 5102 7837 TOTAL 0 0 0 0 199 165 8 5102 7837 CUMULATIVE CUT LOG TABLE TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 42 LOG LENGTH 32 feet MINLOG LENGTH 8 0 feet TOP DIAM 4 0 inches Doug Fir G W Fir P S Pine Other Conifer Diameter Logs Vol Logs Vol Logs Vol Logs Vol 5 0 0 0 4 6 365 4 6038 5 6 8 47 4 2695 0 8 10 77 2 6124 7 10 12 14 6 1887 8 12 14 15 6 2636 5 14 16 6 7 16744 e oooooo ooooo ooooo ooooo oooo oooooo TOTALS Logs 527 0 0 0 0 Volumes 21056 9 0 0 0 AVG VOLUME 40 0 0 0 0 continued 49 FINAL OUTPUT FILE AND RUN HISTORY EXAMPLE continued RUN HISTORY RR ROO NON REOR EORR RO EN YR ACTIVITY 36 GROWTH gt 1 CYCLE THIN DBH DF 2 5 gt 50 28 gt 10 THIN BA DF from above gt 20 5 sq ft SDI THIN proportional gt Target 75 THIN USER CODE 0 gt 20 INGROWTH 46 TPA DOUGLAS FIR GROWTH gt 5CYCLES FINAL HARVEST b Supplementary Program PLTYLD If you request a yield table in the ORGA NON growth model run a supplementary program named PLTYLD can read ORGANON output file containing a yield table and generate plots of specified yield table variables over stand age for even age stands or elapsed time for uneven aged stands You need on
29. ERSION ED2 0 SWO 0000 Copyright 1988 College of Forestry Oregon State University Has your data file been previously edited Y CR Please wait the main ORGANON model is loading ORGANON Growth and Yield Project Southwest Oregon Mixed Conifer Forests SW OREGON VERSION ED2 0 4sSWO 0000 Copyright 1988 College of Forestry Oregon State University Enter tree data file name NO extension AIMYFILE gt PLOT278 Enter output file name gt OUT278 FILE OUT278 EXISTS OVERWRITE Y gt CR ORGANON Program De faults and Specifications Twenty program variables form a param eter list that affects how ORGANON runs ORGANON has a default value for each of these variables which can be used any time ORGANON runs 1 System De faults You also have the option of defin ing and saving your own set of defaults for these variables 3 Create ORGA NON DEF You can assign these values once and use them on any future ORGA NON runs 2 Use Default file NON DEF You may select the system defaults at any time When prompted se lect either the system defaults your own previously defined defaults or create your own new defaults To create your own de faults ORGANON starts with the set of system defaults and you modify these as desired At the start of each program run you may modify either system or user parameters The parameter set se lected remains active for only one OR
30. GA NON run DEFAULT INPUT SELECTION 1 Use System Defaults 2 Use Default file ORGANON DEF Create ORGANON DEF lt CR gt Use System Defaults INPUT gt 1 A listing of ORGANON parameters and defaults follows 1 Run Defaults a Tripling Tripling is designed to increase the sam ple size of the tree data set during a growth cycle Tripling will continue dur ing each growth cycle until the number of sample trees reaches the maximum speci fied Use of tripling causes more realistic projections of stand development through the use of stochastic elements added to the predictions ORGANON execution time increases due to the added time needed to process each of the additional sample trees The default for this param eter is NO tripling will not occur 21 b Maximum Tree Samples When you select tripling there must be a limit on the number of sample trees that are generated from the input tree file You can set this value anywhere between a minimum of 500 trees to a maximum of 2000 trees The greater the number of trees however the longer the model exe cution time The default value is 500 trees Because of the tripling process used the actual number of sample trees resulting from tripling is probably less than the specified maximum c Menu Display To assist you when running ORGANON the model provides user friendly menus After several runs these menus may no longer be necessary and
31. GANON create a new data file ORGANON prompts you to en ter each of the tree data elements one element at a time one tree at a time OR GANON formats the data in an ASCII file format The ORGANON setup cannot be used to add a tree or modify a tree on an existing tree data file However you can use a word processor to add or edit an ex isting file Another option is to use the on line editor of ORGANON to add delete or modify a tree record ORGANON DATA FILE SETUP EXAMPLE C gt CDMODEL C MODEL ORGANON Has your data file been previously edited Y N Do you want to edit an existing data file Y N Do you want to create a new data file Y Y Enter your 8 letter file name NO EXTENSION TESTPLT TREE 1 Plot Point Number Required Integer gt 1 Tree Species Code Required Integer gt 202 Diameter at Breast Height Required Real gt 7 8 Height in feet Optional Real gt 43 3 Crown Ratio Optional Real gt 73 Expansion Factor Optional Real gt lt CR gt Radial Growth in inches Optional Real gt lt CR gt User 2 digit thinning code Optional Integer gt 2 Species 202 DBH 7 8 HT 43 3 CR 73 EXP 0 RADGRO 00 USER 2 Save this tree Y lt CR gt Another tree Y lt CR gt Data Read and Edit After you create a data file and or have specified that a data file has not been pre viously edited the file is ready for input
32. ICATION ONLY FIRST 20 CHARACTERS WILL BE USED SYSTEM OVERFLOW MUST BE RE PORTED 56 The number of cycles requested for growth exceeds the maximum allowed and only the number of cycles to reach that maximum will be grown In the corrector module a missing vari able was specified that ORGANON will compute during the data completion step following This will include expan sion factors and heights only xxx of the major species trees are over 120 growth effective years during this growth cycle This is a warning only advising ofthe approach to the 50 point at which time no more growth cy cles can be performed ORGANON is busy calculating reading or writing and the model will not re sume execution until this action is com pleted During calculations of log volume from taper equations merchantable tree height has been determined to be nega tive or greater than the total tree height Stand identification title can only be 20 characters long Only the first 20 char acters of the identification will be used All remaining characters are truncated This message can only occur if the TRIPLING option has been selected If this message occurs please report all related stand information to College of Forestry Forest Management Oregon State University The following are the data scan re sults Errors MUST be corrected before m
33. INCREMENT PERIODIC ANNUAL INCREMENT 111111 112233445566778899001122 05050505050505050505050505 Indicate the variable to be plotted 1 Trees Acre 2 Basal Area 3 Cubic Foot Volume 4 Scribner Volume 5 6 7 Total Cubic Foot Mean Periodic Annual Increment Total Scribner Mean Periodic Annual Increment Conifer Cubic Foot Mean Periodic Annual Increment 8 Conifer Scribner Mean Periodic Annual Increment VARIABLE NUMBER gt CR Stop Program terminated 51 WARNING AND ERROR MESSAGES ORGANON may display error or warning messages during program execution The fol lowing list describes the messages that ORG ANON issues to a user should problems oc cur during program execution The interpretations of warnings and error messages should clarify their meaning so you can maintain your work flow with ORGANON All errors have NOT been corrected ORGANON cannot be run ALL OUTPUT HAS BEEN WRIT TEN TO FILE xxxx xxx crown ratios predicted from yyy en tered CROWN WIDTH OF TREE xx IS OUT OF RANGE DBH xxx HEIGHT xxx DIAMGRO xxxx HTGRO xxxx Program Terminated due to above error DBH 0 0 FOR TREE xxx IS NOT VALID ERROR NO TREES LEFT 52 After exit from the correction module there are still tree data errors that have not been corrected Re entry to the cor rector module will occur until all errors are correc
34. L MAI 49 122 PAI 73 6 304 CONIFER MAI 49 122 PAI 73 6 304 ENDING RESIDUAL D 5 YR CHANGE Doug Fir 46 199 7 625 1387 3927 6 21 2 590 5 1527 TOTAL 199 7 62 5 1387 3927 6 21 2 590 5 1527 TOTAL MAI 56 140 PAI 118 1 305 CONIFER MAI 56 140 PAI 1181 305 ENDING RESIDUAL YIELD 5 CHANGE Doug Fir 46 199 4 90 6 2263 6732 3 28 1 876 2 2804 TOTAL 199 4 90 6 2263 6732 3 281 876 2 2804 TOTAL MAI 66 178 PAI 175 2 561 CONIFER MAI 66 178 PAI 1752 561 continued 48 FINAL OUTPUT FILE AND RUN HISTORY EXAMPLE continued YIELD TABLES TEST PLOT278 Page 2 DATA FILE PLOT278 11 24 88 8 42 AM at trees cf Scrib trees cf Scrib species yr acre ba vol vol acre ba vol vol WARARRAAREARARREARERATATERARARA E ERED ENDING 51 0 YIELDz 5 YR CHANGE Doug Fir 61 199 2 125 3 3473 1448 2 348 1209 4716 TOTAL 199 2 125 3 3473 1448 2 348 1209 4716 TOTAL MAI 99 240 PAI 241 9 943 CONIFER MAI 99 240 PAI 241 9 943 ENDING RESIDUAL YIELD 5 YR CHANGE Doug Fir 66 199 0 165 8 5102 7837 2 40 4 1629 6388 TOTAL 199 0 165 8 5102 7837 2 40 4 1629 6388 TOTAL MAI 99 319 PAI 326 0 1278 CONIFER MAI 99 319 PAI 326 0 1278 RESIDUAL I N AL HARVEST R
35. LID ILLEGAL SPECIES CODE 199 FOR TREE 16 ILLEGAL PLOT POINT NUMBER OR BLANK LINE FOR TREE 18 RECORD WILL BE IGNORED WARNING POINT 5 HAS NO TREES 20 records have been read to continue The following are the data scan results Errors MUST be corrected before model is run ILLEGAL SPECIES CODES ARE PRESENT All point numbers are legal ILLEGAL DBH EXISTS THERE ARE ILLEGAL TREE HEIGHTS All crown ratios are present THERE ARE EXPANSION FACTORS MISS ING not reqd SOME RADIAL GROWTHS WERE NOT IN PUT not reqd THERE ARE MISSING TREE HEIGHTS not reqd 1 PLOT WITH NO TREES Data entry is completed You will be entering the correction module 2 Error Correction After the tree data has been read and an error and warning listed you can use a simple on line editor to add delete list or change any of the tree record variables You can inspect a list of all errors to be corrected if desired Entering a carriage return lt CR gt terminates the on line edi tor as long as all detected errors have been corrected ERROR CORRECTION EXAMPLE ORGANON ON LINE EDITOR OPTION 20 RECORDS CURRENTLY IN FILE PLOT278 CONSISTING OF 19 original tree records 1 original plot with no trees 0 added tree records 0 added plots with no trees 0 records flagged for deletion 0 tree records 0 plot records with no trees 20 records remaining after deletion 19 tree records 1 plot
36. MPLE C gt CD MODEL C MODEL gt ORGANON when requested by ORGANON designate the date file by entering TESTPLT PROGRAM PARAMETERS Logged Drive The logged or default drive is the disk drive the system searches to find the data file name you typed in Ifa file does not exist on the logged drive you must enter a drive designator i e B along with the file name ORGANON then searches the correct directory for the file name desig nated If the file is not found in that di rectory an error message is displayed on the screen and you must re enter a file name For file name errors be sure you have typed the correct drive designator File Names ORGANON accepts file names that are le gal in the DOS operating system A gal file name is 1 to 8 characters in length and may be followed by a 1 to 3 character extension See Filenames Valid Characters in the DOS manual for further information An ORGANON data file name should not however have the optional 3 letter extension After OR GANON reads the raw data file addition al variables are calculated and a new file with the same root name is created The 3 letter suffix or file name extension INP is appended to the root file name This file is written to the same drive from which the original data file was read Measured Tree Data ORGANON first requests a stand identifi cation name which is the title that ap pears at the top of al
37. ON Ideally the varia tion of the residuals across the predicted value should be homogeneous the upper and lower bounds of the residuals should be horizontal the sum of the residuals should be zero and the residuals should exhibit no trends across the predicted val ues If the calibrated residuals exhibit these features then use of the calibration values is recommended In the following example the calibration value provided a better fit to the data You should use the calibration value because in this case it gives a better fit to the data CALIBRATION AND ACTUAL PLOTS EXAMPLE PLOTS OF CALIBRATION AND ACTUAL DATA No Calibration HT Predicted Ht Actual Height vs Pred Ht CR Predicted HTCB Act HTCB vs Pred HTCB DG Predicted DG Actual DG vs Pred DG With Calibration HTC Predicted Ht Actual Height vs Pred Ht CRC Predicted HTCB Act HTCB vsPred HTCB DGC Predicted DG Actual DG vs Pred DG PLOTS OF ACTUAL DATA HTD Actual Height vs Actual Diameter CRD Actual Crown Ratio vs Actual Diameter DGD Actual Diameter Growth vs Act Diameter lt CR gt to End CALIBRATION PLOTS gt HT SPECIES GROUP AL gt CR See section SPECIES under TABLE AND PLOT PARAMETERS for continued further explanation CALIBRATION AND ACTUAL PLOTS EXAMPLE continued NOTE The actual menu for test PLOT278 would not include the DG DGC and DGD because PLOT278 had no radial
38. PORTS gt PDF Window 2 N gt Enter even integer diameter classes between 2 and 36 Min gt 8 Max gt 14 TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 50 AM PER ACRE DIAM DIST TOTAL 41 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES m U M P BE E R R OA T R RE E E S 0 DIAMETER 1 2 3 ININCHES 2468024680246 80 8 14 WINDOW NOTE Window designation at bottom of example will not display on screen output 2 Cut Tables and Plots CR Cut Reports are only available on the main menu immediately following a man agement cut Cut Reports are also availa ble within the Management Menu and re fleet any cuts currently requested whether or not those cuts have been ac cepted See TRIAL VS ACCEPTED MAN AGEMENT All cut tables and plots ex cept the Cut Log Table show both residu als and removals in one table or plot The Cut Log Table is a log table of the cut trees only The following example shows the reports and plots available from the CUT MENU CUT TABLES AND PLOTS EXAMPLE CUT AND PLOTS Per Acre Tables ST Per Acre Stand Table SK Stocking Table LG Log Table DF Display Defaults RH Run History Residual Cut Plots CDF Diameter Frequency Volume CBA Basal Area CVS Scribner Volume CR Return to Master Menu CUT REPORTS gt The Cut Stand Table is somewhat similar to the Residual Stand Table The differ ence is that the left side of
39. Pred Height CB Predicted HTCB Act HTCB vs Pred HTCB DG Predicted DG Actual DG vs Pred DG With Calibration HTC Predicted Ht Actual Ht vsPred Height CBC Predicted HTCB Act HTCB vsPred HTCB PLOTS OF ACTUAL DATA HTD Actual Height vs Actual Diameter CRD Actual Crown Ratio vs Act Diameter DGD Actual Diameter Growth vs Act Diameter CR to End CALIBRATION PLOTS gt CR completed tree data is being written to file PLOT278 INP INP Files After ORGANON reads the raw data file makes data corrections and computes data completion and productivity values the completed stand description file is saved and written to the same drive from which ORGANON read the original raw data file The data file name is the origi nal data file name the root file name with a 3 letter suffix or file name exten sion of INP This file cannot be read or altered because it is represented in a bi nary format RGANON MODEL EXECUTI The main ORGANON module loads into memory after you have designated that raw data file s have been correctly pro cessed and a valid INP file exists for each raw data file When the main OR GANON module has loaded you must se lect which INP data files you will enter and allow to be processed by the growth model You must also choose a file to write the requested tables and plots to ORGANON Growth and Yield Project Southwest Oregon Mixed Conifer Forests SW OREGON V
40. RATION Yes 4 USE CALIBRATION Yes 5 USE DIAM GRO CALIBRATION Yes 6 LIMIT ON MAX BA Yes 7 YIELD TABLE Yes 8 MORTALITY TABLE No 9 PRINTER FORM FEED Yes 10 GRAPHICS PRINTER Yes 11 VOLUME EQUATIONS OSU BOARD FOOT DEFAULTS 12 LOG TOP DIAM 6 inches 13 TRIM ALLOWANCE 8 inches 14 STUMP HEIGHT 5 feet 15 LOG LENGTH 32 feet 16 MIN LOG LENGTH 8 0 feet CUBIC FOOT DEFAULTS 17 CONIFER TOP DIAM 0 0 6 0 0 18 HARDWOOD TOP DIAM 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 in 19 CONIFER STUMP HT 0 ft CR to end No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes BLM 500 NOTE The default selection menu will not display item 412 MAX SAMPLE TREES when tripling To continue following the example in this manual reset 11 VOLUME EQUA TIONS to OSU The following example shows how to change item nine on the de fault menu PRINTER FORM FEED from a YES to a NO and item twelve BOARD FOOT LOG TOP DIAMETER from 6 0 inches to 4 0 inches DEFAULT SELECTION EXAMPLE RUN DEFAULTS TRIPLING No DISPLAY MENUS Yes USE HEIGHT CALIBRATION Yes USE HTCB CALIBRATION Yes USE DIAM GRO CALIBRATION Yes LIMIT ON MAX BA Yes YIELD TABLE Yes MORTALITY TABLE No PRINTER FORM FEED Yes GRAPHICS PRINTER Yes VOLUME EQUATIONS OSU BOARD FOOT DEFAULTS LOG TOP DIAM 6 inches TRIM ALLOWANCE 8 inches STUMP HEIGHT 5 feet LOG LENGTH 32 feet MIN LOG LENGTH 8 0 feet CUBIC FOOT
41. RRORS to correct LIST all records ADD a record EDIT record number CR to END CORRECT gt 2 POINT 2 SPECIES 3 DIAMETER 0 4 HEIGHT 459 5 CROWN RATIO 94 6 EXPANSION 00 7 RADIAL GROWTH 00 8 USERCODE 0 DELETE UNDELETE CR to END ITEM TO CORRECT gt 3 Enter decimal variable value gt 11 1 POINT 1 2 SPECIES DF 3 DIAMETER 11 1 4 HEIGHT 45 9 5 CROWN RATIO 94 6 EXPANSION 00 7 RADIAL GROWTH 00 8 USER CODE 0 DELETE UNDELETE CR to END ITEM TO CORRECT gt CR continued 11 ERROR CORRECTION EXAMPLE continued ORGANON ON LINE EDITOR OPTION 20 RECORDS CURRENTLY IN FILE PLOT278 CONSISTING OF 19 original tree records 1 original plot with no trees 0 added tree records 0 added plots with no trees 0 records flagged for deletion 0 tree records 0 plot records with no trees 20 records remaining after deletion 19 tree records 1 plot record with no trees ERRORS to correct LIST all records ADD a record EDIT record number CR to END CORRECT gt 20 POINT 5 2 SPECIES 3 DIAMETER 0 4 HEIGHT 0 5 CROWN RATIO 00 6 EXPANSION 00 7 RADIAL GROWTH 00 8 USER CODE 0 DELETE UNDELETE CR to END ITEM TO CORRECT gt 9 Record 20 flagged for deletion d Add a Record The ADD opt
42. RS FOR ALL SPECIES 5 YEAR MORTALITY RATE diam trees cf class acre ba vol 0 2 4 2 4 6 4 6 2 6 8 8 10 0 10 12 0 Totals 1 3 g Run History RH The Run History report is available at any time displayed on screen only This report contains the current status and history of the ORGANON run This in cludes present stand age current cycle and previous stand activities If manage ment is in progress trial cuts are dis played See TRIAL VS ACCEPTED MAN AGEMENT The following example shows a Run History report after previous stand growth and management RUN HISTORY EXAMPLE RUN HISTORY AND STATUS 11 24 88 8 46 AM TEST PLOT278 Growth Cycles Completed 3 Breast Height Stand Age 43 Total Stand Age 51 Status TRIAL MGMT RUN HISTORY YEAR ACTIVITY 36 GROWTH gt 1 CYCLE 41 THIN BA AL from above 20 sqft 41 THIN DBH AL 0 gt 50 75 gt 50 9 41 GROWTH 2 CYCLES Trial Management in progress SDI THIN proportional gt Target 200 to continue h Display Defaults This selection displays the current set tings for the run and board foot and cubic foot default parameters as described in the section ORGANON PROGRAM DE FAULTS AND SPECIFICATIONS DIS PLAY DEFAULTS is only available on Screen i Average Plots For average variables displayed in the Sample Summary Ta
43. State University Legal Notice This document and associated software were prepared as part of a project under the auspices of Oregon State University Neither Ore gon State University nor any person acting on behalf of such a makes any warranty or representation express or implied with respect to the accuracy completeness or usefulness of any informa tion product or process disclosed b claims that the use of any infor mation or method disclosed in this report does not infringe privately owned rights or c assumes any liabilities with respect to the use of or for damages resulting from the use of any information apparatus or method disclosed in this report Disclaimer Reference herein to any specific commercial product process or service by trade name trademark manufacturer or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement recommendation or favoring by Oregon State University The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of Oregon State University thereof and shall not be used for advertis ing or product endorsement purposes To Order Copies Copies of this and other Forest Research Laboratory publications are available from Forestry Business Office College of Forestry Oregon State University Corvallis Oregon 97331 Please include author s title and publication number if known ORGANON southwest Oregon Growth and Yield Model Us
44. UAL STOCKING TABLE EXAMPLE RESIDUAL STOCK TABLE TEST PLOT278 DATA FILE PLOT278 11 24 88 8 46 AM at trees cf Scribj trees cf Scrib spec acre ba vol vol acre ba vol vol ENDING 0 YR CHANGE DF 36 451 9 65 8 970 1628 451 9 65 8 970 1628 Stand Density Index 157 Relative Density Index 295 Quadratic Mean Diameter 5 2 Mean Height 25 8 Mean Diameter 4 4 Mean Crown Ratio RESIDUAL STOCKING TABLE EXAMPLE RESIDUAL STOCK TABLE TEST PLOT278 DATA FILE PLOT278 11 24 88 8 46 AM at trees cf Scrib trees cf Scrib spec acre ba vol vol acreba vol vol dd desde e ede dde dd d e duh ded d d f de d d d d de de d den f ENDING zzz0 YR CHANGE DF 41 450 6 104 9 1873 4099 450 6 104 9 1873 4099 1 3 39 1 902 8 2470 1 3 39 1 902 8 2470 Stand Density Index 228 Relative Density Index 429 Quadratic Mean Diameter 56 5 Mean Height 35 4 Mean Diameter 5 7 Mean Crown Ratio 783 29 pO e Log Table LG The Residual Log Table provides a gross standing log inventory based on the log parameters selected in the default menu All conifer trees are divided into logs and then the logs are tallied by species group and top diameter Volumes for each log are computed using the Columbia Bureau Scribner Log Factors Also given are a set of totals by speci
45. WILL CAUE AGE TO EXCEED MAX STAND AGE When adding trees during ingrowth management the tree list has reached 2000 and no more ingrowth trees may be added No more growth cycles can be requested as all trees have been harvested by ac cumulated thins or a FINAL HARVEST had been conducted on the stand No more growth cycles can be requested as more than half the major species have reached a growth effective age of over 120 years at breast height No more growth cycles are possible as all ofthe major species trees have been cut During reports or management a spe cies is selected for display or manage ment This message will appear if the species does not exist or no longer exists because of previous management selec tions In a plot during initial data entry a cal ibration plot has been requested for a species in which there were not enough entries to determine a calibration other than 1 0 When selecting the number of cycles to grow a stand a number has been select ed which will cause the stand to exceed the maximum breast height stand age based upon the entered age of an even age stand or 125 years for an uneven age stand 55 ONLY xx CYCLES WILL BE RUN ORGANON WILL CALCULATE xxx OF THE MAJOR SPECIES TREES ARE OVER 120 YEARS please wait XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX QUESTIONABLE MERCHANTABLE HEIGHT STAND IDENTIF
46. add the size of the module approximately 40K for the operating system and any memory resident programs that will not be removed In some circumstances it may be necessary to remove all memory resident routines in order to obtain enough usable memory for program execu tion Due to the extent of mathematical equa tions found in ORGANON the model runs approximately 20 times faster when a math co processor is installed This chip however is not mandatory The computer system must be equipped with at least two 360K floppy disk drives or one 360K floppy drive and one hard disk drive If frequent output to a report file is requested yield tables plots and re ports running times are noticeably short er on a system with a hard disk In all other respects program runs are identi cal Software Requirements ORGANON is delivered as an executable module An MS DOS or DOS operating system environment is necessary to load the program and overlays as necessary and provides the program Input Output requirements and file operations What You Need to Know to Use ORGANON ORGANON users should have a funda mental knowledge of the MS DOS operat ing system including simple file manage ment printing name restrictions etc keyboard familiarity and disk manage ment default drive file drive specification and path names if using hard disk subdi rectories You should realize that computers distin guish the difference be
47. after the next growth cy cle PERFORM MANAGEMENT EXAMPLE MANAGE gt PM Selected management executing please wait Cumulative Cut Log Table being calculated CR to continue ORGANON gt 5 Restart ORGANON RS When you select RESTART from the main menu all output is saved from the current model run if requested ORGA NON then re initializes and begins from the point of entering a file name of a pre viously edited data file In the following example ORGANON is restarted the yield table is saved but cumulative cut log table is not saved A new data file called PLOT356 is then selected for the next analysis RESTART ORGANON EXAMPLE ORGANON gt RS Save yield table N gt Save cumulative cut log table N gt lt CR gt Enter tree data file name NO extension i e A MYFILE gt PLOT356 6 Quit QU When an ORGANON run ends you must choose QUIT or RESTART to properly close all files associated with that run 44 ORGANON QUIT EXAMPLE ORGANON gt QU please wait yield table transfer is proceeding please wait cumulative cut log table transfer is proceeding ALL OUTPUT HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO FILE OUT278 Stop Program terminated CAMODEL gt a Final Output and Run History After QUIT or RESTART the output file is closed and consists of all stand parame ters calibrations program defaults ta bles and plots previou
48. alue by the number of plot pointsdetermined during data input OPTIONAL 6 blanks if omitted e g 25 24 Radial Growth inside bark in inches REAL 2 decimalplaces OPTIONAL 5 blanks if omitted e g 2 91 8 39 40 User Code INTEGER Any designated identification number for user specified thinning OPTIONAL 2 blanks if omit ted 2 SAMPLE TREE DATA INPUT LINE Column 1 2 3 4 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 10 202 27 5 134 9 63 2524 2912 PV TY d uA plot dbh ht exp radial user point species growth code SAMPLE TREE DATA INPUT LINE WITH MISSING ELEMENTS Column 1 2 3 4 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 10 202 275 63 2 91 plot doh ht cr exp radial user point species growth code SAMPLE TREE DATA FILE WITH ERRORS AND OMISSIONS 1 2 3 4 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 1 202 78 433 73 1 202 45 9 94 1 202 90 402 89 1 202 111 99 1202 49 356 98 1202 33 21 9 86 1202 3 0 198 85 2 202 104 450 88 2202 98 466 91 2 202 116 583 95 2202 41 31 2 89 2202 76 436 92 2202 44 30 4 92 2202 46 353 73 2 202 2 45 87 3199 63 367 92 3202 36 202 95 blank line 3202 39 225 98 4202 51 30 7 95 5 plot with no trees 3 ORGANON Setup An optional method of creating a data file exists within ORGANON If your data has not been edited before and you will not edit an existing file you have only one other choice let OR
49. alue for a species is not significantly different p 0 99 from 1 0 the calibration value is set to 1 0 If the calibration value is determined to be greater than 2 0 or less than 0 5 the cali bration value for that species is set to 2 0 or 0 5 respectively A calibration value of 1 4 or 85 signifies that the sample heights were on the average 1 4 times or 85 times the height determined by the height diameter equations developed for ORGANON These calibration values are used during prediction of missing heights for all species and during height growth for minor species You can specify the use of these values during growth before each ORGANON run see RUN DEFAULTS HEIGHT AND HEIGHT CALIBRATION EXAMPLE please wait determining height calibration value DOUGLAS FIR ht generation calibration value GRAND WHITE FIR ht generation calibration value PONDEROSA PINE ht generation calibration value SUGAR PINE ht generation calibration value INCENSE CEDAR ht generation calibration value WESTERN HEMLOCK ht generation growth calibration value MADRONE ht generation growth calibration value CHINKAPIN ht generation growth calibration value TANOAK ht generation growth calibration value CANYON LIVE OAK ht generation growth calibration value BIG LEAF MAPLE ht generation growth calibration value WHITE OAK ht generation growth calibration value BLACK OAK ht generation growth calibration value HT s entered 18 0 0 0 0
50. ands of southwest Oregon Such stands should have approximately 80 percent of their ba sal area in Douglas fir Pseudotsuga men ziesii Mirb Franco grand fir Abies grandis Dougl ex D Don Lindl white fir Abies concolor Gord amp Glend Lindl ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa Dougl exLaws sugar pine Pinus lam bertiana Dougl and incense cedar Ca locedrus decurrens Torr either singular ly or in combination SW ORGANON can predict both even aged and uneven aged stand development as long as a majority of the trees in the stand are between 15 and 120 years old as measured at breast height ORGANON is an interactive program written in standard FORTRAN 77 code designed specifically to run on an IBM PC or compatible personal computer The program is user friendly and should guide users through its execution The user manual should help you prepare the tree data input file as well as run the model Hardware Requirements The ORGANON growth model runs on an IBM PC or compatible personal computer operating under the MS DOS or PC DOS operating system The load size of each of the three main components of the ORGA NON growth model are Approximate Min Load Module Size kilobytes START data entry and edit 294 ORGNON growth and reports 493 K PLTYLD yield table plotter 49 K During model execution only one module is present in memory To determine the amount of memory required for execution
51. ble there is a corre sponding plot of that variable by diameter class The diameter values displayed on the X axis indicate the upper diameter of the class i e 14 represents 12 DBH lt 14 The following table shows the plots available associated with the Sam ple Summary Table Residual Sample Summary PAH Average Height PAC Average Crown Ratio PDG Average Diameter Growth PHG Average Height Growth PCV Average Cubic Foot Volume PSV Average Scribner Volume PCG Ave Cubic Ft Vol Growth PSV Ave Scribner Vol Growth The following example is a PAH plot showing a stand profile by plotting aver age tree height and average crown base by diameter class The IN diameter indi cates ingrowth trees and will only display during trial management see MANAGE MENT INGROWTH PAH PLOT EXAMPLE TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 46 AM PER TREE AVG HEIGHT amp CROWN TOTAL 36 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES amp C R Ww N 0 DIAMETER 1 2 3 IN INCHES 2 46802 46802 4680 The following PSV plot is a histogram of average scribner volume for the trees in each diameter class 31 The following is a PDF plot example which is a histogram of the per acre diam TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 46 AM PER TREE AVG HEIGHT amp CROWN TOTAL 36 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES PDF PLOT EXAMPLE TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 46 AM PER ACRE DIAM DIST TOTAL 36 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES 229 1 N U M B E R o m m zo DIAMETER
52. bner volume and cubic foot and scribner volume growth for the average tree in each diam eter class Values for each diameter class displayed in the Sample Summary Table include the upper diameter but not the lower diameter The following example shows an initial Sample Summary Table SAMPLE SUMMARY TABLE EXAMPLE TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 46 AM 1 INITIAL SAMPLE SUMMARY TABLE AT 36 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES TABLE GROWTH FOR THE PREVIOUS 0 YEARS AVERAGE TR E E cf cf ScribScrib cr grow grow volgrow vol grow A4 A RRR doi dede EEE EEEE EEE EEEE E E de de dde diam dia ht class dbh ht 0 2 2 52 87 00 00 0 0 0 2 4 34 21 1 91 00 00 6 0 0 4 6 46 326 89 00 00 16 6 8 7 2 41 2 86 00 00 46 8 10 9 4 43 4 90 00 00 7 7 10 12 11 0 50 9 94 00 00 12 1 c Per Acre Stand Table ST The Stand Table provides per acre values for number of trees basal area cubic foot volume scribner volume and changes to these values by 2 inch diameter class If you choose to display all species AL the number of trees basal area and cubic foot volume are calculated for all species Scribner volume is calculated for conifer species only The change values reflect movement from one class to another mor tality and growth The following exam ples show an Initial Stand Table and a Stand Table after 5 year s growth 1 growth cycle INITIAL PER ACRE STAND TABLE EXAMPLE TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8
53. can choose any number of them with their ef fects added to previous management deci sions As a result a cumulative manage ment scheme is performed This allows you to design any manner of thin desired The stand may be viewed via REPORTS at any point while the management scheme is being built If too much has been cut a you can choose RESTART to begin again If not enough has been cut you can choose a new layer of thinning to increase the cut Because of this build ing scheme ORGANON prompts you to verify each thinning decision to avoid pos sible re entry of a multilayer thin due to typing error The following example shows thinning of all mistletoe trees marked as user code 1 and 50 of all hardwoods under 10 CREATING A MANAGEMENT SCHEME EXAMPLE MANAGE gt US Enter user code to thin gt 1 Enter percent to cut gt 100 Accept this thin Y gt lt CR gt Executing thin by user code 1 MANAGE gt DB SPECIES GROUP AL CR WARNING Lower DBH value not included Upper DBH value included i e lower lt CUT lt upper Enter lower DBH gt 0 Enter lower removal gt 50 Enter upper DBH gt 10 Enter upper removal gt 50 Accept this thin Y gt lt CR gt Executing thin by DBH control MANAGE gt PM f Trial vs Accepted Management As the construction of a management scheme is progressing by layering each thin is b
54. displaying large sample stands you may request a report to display the list with a skip factor ie every other tree every fifth tree etc This allows you to quickly inspect very large data files ORGANON displays most items from the sample tree list in the same format as ini tially entered However species expan sion factor and radial growth have been transformed to a form compatible with the growth model ORGANON changes input species code numbers to alpha codes for ease of reading ORGANON changes expansion factors to a per acre basis di vided by number of plots points ORGA NON changes radial growth if entered to diameter growth The following table shows an initial Sample Tree List SAMPLE TREE LIST EXAMPLE TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 46 AM TREE LIST TOTAL 36 YRS FOR ALL SPECIES SKIP 1 TOTAL SAMPLE TREES 12 TOTAL STAND BASAL AREA 65 8 Page 1 desekdeiesededeieos tree sp ht cr exp ht d DF 7 8 433 73 1432 0 0 DF 11 1 45 9 94 7 44 DF 0 40 2 89 11 32 DF 1 543 99 7 44 35 6 98 14 32 21 9 86 57 27 19 8 85 57 27 45 0 88 8 48 46 6 91 9 55 58 3 95 6 81 31 2 89 14 32 43 6 92 14 32 oOoooooooooo coooooooooo 28 b Sample Summary Table SS The Sample Summary Table provides a condensed version of the Sample Tree List averaged by 2 inch diameter class This information is averaged sample data NOT per acre values The table also displays cubic foot and scri
55. e line all characters up to a car riage return to enter all the data for one tree The total number of lines in the file should equal the total number of trees be ing entered plus the number of plots points without trees All data elements should be right justified in their field If an optional element is not included enter blanks in its field For plots or points without trees be sure to enter the plot point number only with the remainder of the fields blank In the fol lowing description an integer refers to a whole number no decimal point i e 365 A real number implies a decimal number i e 27 4 Follow the example in the table below to create a data file using a word processor Be sure to begin editing a non document file whose file name does NOT include a suffix or extension 6 26 31 7 33 37 Column Comment 1 13 Plot Point number INTEGER REQUIRED e g 10 2 5 7 Species Code number INTEGER REQUIRED One of the 2 or 3 digit codes from section SPECIES CODE NUMBER e g 202 3 9 13 Diameter Outside Bark at Breast Height in inches REAL 1 decimal place REQUIRED e g 27 5 4 15 19 Total Tree Height in feet REAL 1 deci mal place STRONGLY RECOM MENDED 5 blanks if omitted e g 134 9 5 21 24 Crown Ratio REAL 2 decimal places STRONGLY RECOMMENDED 3 blanks if omitted e g 63 Expansion Factor for plot point REAL 2 decimal places ORGANON will di vide this v
56. eing performed on a trial basis This means the stand has not actually been changed A new layer of manage ment can be added until the final result has been achieved All cut reports viewed at this time are labeled as TRIAL only When the management is satisfactory the TRIAL cut can only become perma nent by specifically designating accep tance The acceptance Accepting PM PERFORM MANAGEMENT takes you out of the management menu back to the main menu If unacceptable a decision to void the management and return the stand back to its original condition VM VOID MANAGEMENT also exits man agement and sends you back to the main menu To void the management but re main in the management menu for anoth er try choose RESTART After you leave management by choosing MAN AGEMENT no longer is available from the master menu until after the next growth cycle If you choose a VM exit from management MANAGEMENT is still available from the master menu 5 Reports RR or CR Reports are available during manage ment in order to view the cumulative ef fects upon the stand of any management decisions that have been selected even on a trial basis During management RE SIDUAL REPORTS display the stand as it appeared before management CUT REPORTS display the cumulative results of all management selections h Restart Management RS Restart terminates the current manage ment selections The stand is returned to the condit
57. en an ORGANON output file name is requested in PLTYLD the file name entered did not exist on the specified drive If a drive was not specified the file did not exist on the default drive Be sure to enter the drive specification or check the spelling of the file name A carriage return will indicate no more output files to plot When an output file name is requested a check is made to see if the output file name entered already exists If it does a check is made if it should be overwrit ten This check is also made during the creation of a batch file During a growth cycle when subsequent cycles have been requested this mes sage warns that no more of the request ed cycles will be executed as more than half of the major species have reached growth effective ages over 120 years at breast height Heights entered from the input data file must be greater than 4 5 feet A blank line has been read from the in put data file or the plot point number is an illegal 0 A species code read from the input file is no tone of the legal species codes listed in the SPECIES CODE NUMBER sec tion Maximum number of trees 2000 reached NO GROWTH CYCLES POSSIBLE ALL TREES HARVESTED NO GROWTH CYCLES POSSIBLE gt 50 TREES OVER AGE 120 NO GROWTH CYCLES POSSIBLE NO REMAINING MAJOR SPECIES No species in that group Not enough species in that group NUMBER OF CYCLES REQUEST ED
58. en the after cut residual on the bottom and the cut por tion on the top The diameter values dis played on the X axis indicate the upper diameter of the class i e 14 represents 12 lt DBH lt 14 CDF PLOT EXAMPLE TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 51 AM CUT RESIDUAL PER ACRE DIAM DIST TOTAL 41 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES ummaozcz Qo m rmm zu DIAMETER 3 IN INCHES 246802468024680 CVS PLOT EXAMPLE TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 42 AM CUT RESIDUAL PER ACRE DIAM DIST TOTAL 41 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES mzcro lt DMZ D00 DIAMETER 1 2 3 IN INCHES 246802468024680 3 Growth GR a Growth Cycles GROWTH CYCLES are conducted in five year cycles In a growth cycle tree height growth diameter growth mortality and crown change all take place If requested tripling and yield table output can also be done You can choose any number of growth cycles as long as the total number does not exceed the growth cycle limits REPORTS and MANAGEMENT are only available after completion of the number of growth cycles requested Because they are automatic and not user selected yield tables are the only tables available at each growth cycle regardless of the num ber of growth cycles that you request Af ter all growth cycles selected are com plete ORGANON displays all main menu options The following is an example where the stand is grown for three cycles GROWTH CYCLE EXAMPLE ORGANON gt GR Number of 5 year cycl
59. er Manual Version 2 0 Arlene S Hester David W Hann David R Larsen 1989 Oregon State University All rights reserved HEC F74 2 S r Hester Arlene QORGANCIN 1 Introduction Hardware Requirements Software Requirements What You Need to Know to Use ORGANON Overview Program Setup Two Floppy System Hard Disk System Program Parameters Logged Drive File Names ORGANON Data Edit Measured Tree Data Minimum Required Measurements Strongly Recommended Measurements Optional Measurements Data File Creation Data Elements Plot Point Number Species Code Number Diameter at Breast Height Total Tree Height Crown Ratio Expansion Factor Radial Growth User Code Word Processor ORGANON Setup GO lt 1 6d Gd G2 G Gd G3 G3 GUT MN Data Read and Edit Error and Warning Detection Error Correction Errors to Correct List All Record Modify a Record Add a Record Productivity Variable Sites Indexes Even Uneven Age Stand Stand Age Data Completion Expansion Factor Height and Height Calibration Crown Ratio and Crown Ratio Calibration Diameter Calibration Calibration and Actual Data Plots INP Files ORGANON Model Execution ORGANON Program Defaults and Specifications Run Defaults Tripling Maximum Tree Samples Menu Display Height Calibration Height to Crown Base Calibration Diameter Growth Calibration Limit on Maximum Basal Area Yield Table
60. ersity Corvallis 59 p The Southwest version of the ORegon Growth ANalysis and projectiON model is designed to project changes in young growth forest stands of mixed conifers in southwest Oregon Initial stands should have 80 basal area in Douglas fir grand fir white fir ponderosa pine sugar pine and incense cedar SW ORGANON can predict development of both even age and un even age stands ORGANON is a user friendly interactive pro gram that will run on any IBM or compatible computer under the PC DOS or MS DOS operating system The computer system should consist of two floppy disk drives or a hard disk drive and one or more floppy disk drives A math co processor is recom mended but not mandatory As an affirmative action institution that complies with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Oregon State University supports equal educational and employment opportunity without regard to age sex race creed national origin handicap marital status or religion Forestry Publications Office Oregon State University Forest Research Laboratory 225 Corvallis OR 97331 5708 Address Correction Requested Non Profit Org U S Postage PAID Corvallis OR 97331 Permit No 200
61. es where average vol ume is calculated by dividing the total volume by the total number of logs Val ues for each diameter class displayed in the Stand Table include the upper diame ter but not the lower diameter The fol lowing example shows a Residual Log Ta ble RESIDUAL LOG TABLE EXAMPLE RESIDUAL LOG TABLE TOTAL 36 YEARS TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 46 AM Page 1 LOG LENGTH 32 ft MIN LOG LENGTH 8 0 ft TOP DIAM 4 0 in DF GWfFir P S Pine OtherConiter Diam Logs VollLogs Vol Logs Vol Logs Vol 4 6 94 0 1628 2 0 Totals 1628 2 17 3 f Mortality Table MO The Mortality Table provides the per acre mortality rate in number of trees basal area cubic foot volume and scribner vol ume that occurred during the last total growth period one or more specified cy cles for each 2 diameter class The mor tality rates for multiple cycle growth peri ods are the sum of the mortality rates calculated in each cycle The diameter 30 classes of the table are determined by the diameters at the start of each growth cy cle Likewise basal area and volumes in mortality are based upon tree characteris tics at the start of each cycle The under lying assumption in ORGANON is that mortality trees have no growth just prior to death This table is available only if you select YES for the MORTALITY TA BLE parameter MORTALITY TABLE EXAMPLE TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 46 AM 1 MORTALITY TABLE AT 41 YEA
62. es to execute 1 gt 3 execution beginning please wait yield table values are being calculated START CYCLE 1 CYCLE 1 COMPUTATION ENDS WITH 5 YEARS TOTAL STAND GROWTH please wait yield table values are being calculated END OF CYCLE 1 START CYCLE 2 CYCLE 2 COMPUTATION ENDS WITH 10 YEARS TOTAL STAND GROWTH please wait yield table values are being calculated END OF CYCLE 2 START CYCLE 3 CYCLE 3 COMPUTATION ENDS WITH 15 YEARS TOTAL STAND GROWTH please wait yield table values are being calculated END OF CYCLE 3 ORGANON gt 37 b Growth Cycle Limits For uneven age stands a maximum of 22 cycles or 110 years of growth can be re quested For even age stands the num ber of cycles is limited by the starting stand age such that the ending stand age does not exceed 125 years at breast height The stand also cannot be further grown when more than 50 of the major species in the stand Douglas Fir True Fir Incense Cedar Ponderosa Pine and Sugar Pine reach a growth effective age of 120 breast height years However MANAGEMENT RESIDUAL or CUT REPORTS and FERTILIZATION may still be selected from the main menu Fi nally no growth can occur after the stand has been FINAL HARVESTED GROWTH CYCLE LIMITS EXAMPLE ORGANON gt GR Number of 5 year cycles to execute 1 gt 19 NUMBER OF CYCLES REQUESTED WILL CAUSE STAND AGE TO EXCEED MAX STAND AGE ONLY 16 CYCLES
63. estination for those tables and plots That destination holds for eve ry plot or table requested until you exit the report menu When you next display the report menu ORGANON again re quests the destination for tables and plots Destination choices for tables and plots can include any in the following list 33 FO Previously specified output file only SO Screen only PO Printer only SF Screen and file AL All destinations screen file and printer The default response for a destination is 50 SCREEN ONLY The following ex ample chooses a report destination of FILE ONLY The report does not display on the screen but is only written to the output file OUT278 in this case that you selected at the start of the OR GANON run DESTINATION SELECTION EXAMPLE Would you like these reports displayed on SO Screen Only PO Printer Only FO File OUT278 SF Screen and File OUT278 AL All Screen Printer and File OUT278 DISPLAY SO gt FO 3 Windows You can request a window for any plot se lected The window determines the 2 di ameter classes to be included in the dis play The default response for windows is N NO window selection which dis plays the entire diameter class scale from 0 to 36 If a window is desired re sponse requires input of an even number minimum and maximum within the 0 36 limit diameter class to be displayed Values for all diameter classes
64. growth No missing radi al growths are predicted If the calibra tion value for a species is not significantly different p 0 99 from 1 0 the calibration value is set to 1 0 If the calibration value is determined to be greater than 2 0 or less than 0 5 the calibration value for that species is set to 2 0 or 0 5 respective ly A calibration value of 1 4 or 85 signi fies that the radial growths were on the average 1 4 times or 85 times the radial growths determined by the equations de veloped for ORGANON You can specify the use of these values to adjust diameter growth predictions before each ORGA NON run see RUN DEFAULTS DIAMETER CALIBRATION EXAMPLE please wait determining diameter calibration value RADGRO s entered DOUGLAS FIR diameter growth Calibration 1 00 GRAND WHITE FIR diameter growth Calibration 1 00 PONDEROSA PINE diameter growth Calibration 1 00 SUGAR PINE diameter growth calibration 1 00 INCENSE CEDAR diameter growth calibration 1 00 WESTERN HEMLOCK diameter growth Calibration 1 00 MADRONE diameter growth Calibration 1 00 CHINKAPIN diameter growth calibration 1 00 TANOAK diameter growth calibration 1 00 CANYON LIVE OAK diameter growth calibration 1 00 BIG LEAF MAPLE diameter growth calibration 1 00 WHITE OAK diameter growth calibration 1 00 BLACK OAK diameter growth calibration 1 00 CR to continue e Calibration and Actual Data Plots After height height to cr
65. growth measurements entered TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 35 AM Pred Ht Act Ht vs Pred Ht No Calibration for all species Qoomr 34 242 409 576 785 PREDICTED HEIGHT CR to continue CR PLOTS OF CALIBRATION AND ACTUAL DATA No Calibration HT Predicted Ht Actual Ht vs Pred Height CB Predicted HTCB Act HTCB vs Pred HTCB DG Predicted DG Actual DG vs Pred DG With Calibration HTC Predicted Ht Actual Ht vs Pred Ht CBC Pred HTCB Act HTCB vs Pred HTCB DGC Predicted DG Actual DG vs Pred DG PLOTS OF ACTUAL DATA HTD Actual Height vs Actual Diameter CRD Actual Crown Ratio vs Act Diameter DGD Actual Diameter Growth vs Act Diameter CR to End CALIBRATION PLOTS gt HTC SPECIES GROUP AL gt lt CR gt continued 19 CALIBRATION AND ACTUAL PLOTS EXAMPLE continued TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 35 AM Pred Ht Actual Ht vs Pred Ht With Calibration for all species L E 5 5 C T U A L 24 2 40 9 57 6 78 5 PREDICTED HEIGHT After all requested plots are displayed press the carriage return to erase the plot menu display ORGANON writes the cor rected completed data file to an INP file see INP FILES 20 CALIBRATION AND ACTUAL PLOTS EXAMPLE PLOTS OF CALIBRATION AND ACTUAL DATA No Calibration HT Predicted Ht Actual Ht vs
66. he square foot size by the frac tional amount of an acre or by the radius of a circular plot You can label a variable radius plot point subsample by its basal area factor When you select nested subsamples the diameter of each tree determines the sub sample into which it lies and the appro 14 priate expansion factor formula for that subsample To set these diameter limits for nested subplots ORGANON prompts you to list the lower diameter limit for each subplot DESCRIBE EXPANSION FACTOR EXAMPLE Expansion factor calculation for all trees Did you use nested subsamples gt Y Enter the number of subsamples gt 3 START WITH SMALLEST DIAMETER SUBSAMPLE SUBSAMPLE 1 Fixed radius area ie sq ft F Variable radius ie point V enter F or V gt F Fixed area plot determined by 1 Square Feet 2 Fractional Acres X as in 1 X ENTER 1 2 OR gt 3 Enter value gt 7 78 SUBSAMPLE 2 Fixed radius area ie sq ft F Variable radius ie point V enter F or V gt F Fixed area plot determined by 1 Square Feet 2 Fractional Acres X as in 1 X 3 Radius ENTER 1 2 OR 3 gt 3 Enter value gt 15 56 SUBSAMPLE 3 Fixed radius area ie sq ft F Variable radius ie point V enter F or V gt V Enter basal area factor in sq ft BAF gt 20 continued EXAMPLE OF DESCRIBE EXPANSION F
67. hoose a basal area thin to re move a certain amount of basal area from the stand ORGANON first prompts you for the species or species group to which the basal area thin will be applied The total amount of basal area in the species group you selected will then be displayed on the screen ORGANON prompts you for the basal area amount to be cut The basal area cut can be performed from above below or proportionally across the diameter classes In the following example ORGANON prompts you for a basal area thin The user selects a thin from above of 20 5 square feet of basal area in DOUGLAS FIR 40 BASAL AREA THIN EXAMPLE MANAGE SPECIES OR SPECIES GROUP DESIRED AL gt DF Basal Area control A from above B from below P proportional Enter BA Control A Total Basal Area 63 0 sq ft for DOUGLAS FIR Enter BASAL AREA 54 11 to remove 20 5 Accept this thin Y CR Executing BA thin from above 3 Stand Density Index Thin DI The current value for Reineke s stand density index is displayed ORGANON then prompts you for the desired target stand density index This target stand density index can be achieved by cuts from above cuts from below or by propor tional cuts ORGANON attempts to reach the specified target stand density index although in some circumstances that target can only be approached For this reason ORGANON displays the final stand density index achieved
68. ht to determine total stand age If this entry is blank ORGA NON determines the total stand age To tal stand age will be the age displayed in all tables and plots and in calculations of mean annual increment MAI The growth and mortality equations in ORGANON do not utilize stand age as an independent variable ie they are age independent STAND AGE EXAMPLE Even age Stand Y gt CR Breast height stand age gt 28 Do you want to enter number of years to reach breast height N ORGANON will calculate gt CR 13 4 Data Completion Expansion Factor ORGANON allows very flexible calcula tion of expansion factors from a wide va riety of sample systems Three methods for defining an expansion factor are available 1 describe expansion 2 use default expansion file 3 create default expansion file EXAMPLE OF EXPANSION FACTOR INPUT METHOD EXPANSION DEFAULT SELECTION 1 Describe Expansion 2 Use Default Expansion ORGANON EXP 3 Create ORGANON EXP CR Describe Expansion INPUT gt 1 Describe Expansion With this input method ORGANON prompts you to describe the sample unit A sample unit is composed of one or more sub sample units at a single location and with a common center These subsamples are called nested subsamples ORGA NON allows a maximum of five nested subsamples per sample unit You can label fixed area subsample val ues by t
69. ining files START EXE and ORGANON BAT into drive A 2 Load the data disk containing the tree data file into drive B or a blank disk into drive B if ORGANON will be creating the data file be sure to include the drive des ignator when specifying the data file name to ORGANON Type ORGANON to start the program 3 When prompted by ORGANON re move Disk 1 labeled START from drive and insert Disk 2 labeled ORGNON into drive A INPUT EXAMPLE Place the data disk or a blank disk in drive B Make drive the default drive Place Disk 1 START in default drive A A A type ORGANON to begin execution A gt ORGANON When requested by the program remove Disk 1 from drive A and insert Disk 2 ORGANON Hard Disk System Follow these steps to load and execute ORGANON on a system with one hard drive and one floppy disk drive 1 First Time Only Designate the hard disk drive as the de fault drive Create a new directory using the DOS command MKDIR dirname and move to this new directory using the DOS command CD dirname where you will work in ORGANON If you wish to work on ORGANON in an existing direc tory move to that directory Insert the disks containing the ORGANON program modules into the floppy disk drive and copy all files onto the hard disk All OR GANON modules are now saved on the hard disk The following example loads ORGANON onto the subdirector
70. ion allows you to add new records to the tree list A null record is displayed on the screen and each variable of the record is subsequently modified to describe the tree added You can add a plot with no trees to the tree list by speci fying ADD designating a plot number and leaving the remaining variables zero 12 ERROR CORRECTION EXAMPLE ORGANON ON LINE EDITOR OPTION 20 RECORDS CURRENTLY IN FILE PLOT278 CONSISTING OF 19 original tree records 1 original plot with no trees 0 added tree records 0 added plots with no trees 1 record flagged for deletion 0 tree records 1 plot records with no trees 19 records remaining after deletion 19 tree records 0 plot records with no trees ERRORS to correct LIST all records ADD a record EDIT record number CR to END CORRECT gt ADD POINT 0 2 SPECIES 3 DIAMETER 0 4 HEIGHT 0 5 CROWN RATIO 00 6 EXPANSION 00 7 RADIAL GROWTH 00 8 USER CODE 0 DELETE UNDELETE CR to END ITEM TO CORRECT gt 1 Enter variable value for item 1 8 continue entering variables for new tree continued ERROR CORRECTION EXAMPLE ORGANON ON LINE EDITOR OPTION 21 RECORDS CURRENTLY IN FILE PLOT278 CONSISTING OF 19 original tree records 1 original plot with no trees 1 added tree records 0 added plots with no trees 2 records flagged for deletion 1 tree records 1 plot records with no trees
71. ion prior to entry into the man agement routine The stand is now ready to begin a new management selection If no new management is selected choose a Void Management VM exit instead of RESTART RESTART MANAGEMENT EXAMPLE MANAGE gt RS MANAGE gt i Management Exit 1 Void Management VM After a management option or options have been made on a trial basis you may view any of the residual or cut reports If at that time the results of the manage ment are not as desired you can void all management options and leave the MAN AGEMENT MENU and go back to the MASTER MENU The stand then re mains as it was prior to entering the man agement selection Be sure to check this because CUT REPORTS are available only after a cut and they are otherwise unavailable The RESIDUAL REPORTS selection displays the stand for confirma tion If the management performed was not desired but another management at tempt will be made select a RESTART RS rather than a Void Management VM exit MANAGEMENT is again available from the master menu VOID MANAGEMENT EXAMPLE MANAGE gt VM MANAGE gt 2 Perform Management PM By selecting PERFORM MANAGE MENT the management scheme as pre viously defined by selections becomes a permanent action on the stand and all re 43 ports reflect that change on perma nent not trial basis MANAGEMENT will no longer be available from the mas ter menu until
72. ions f Diameter Growth Calibration When a data file is initially entered into ORGANON diameter growth calibrations are calculated for each of the species If you choose YES for this parameter the diameter growth calibration ratios modify the equations for use in diameter growth predictions If the calibrations were de termined from actual tree measurement inputs the growth models will be cali brated for the specific stand The system default for this parameter is YES use calibrations g Limit on Maximal Basal Area ORGANON has a mortality factor that is applied during each growth cycle Addi tional mortality can be placed on a stand by using a self thinning approach to a maximum relative density based on num bers of trees and quadratic mean diame ter The default for this parameter is YES use limit on maximum basal area h Yield Tables Yield tables display the stand s trees per acre basalarea cubic foot and scribner volume by species for each five year growth cycle If you choose this parame ter this table is automatically calculated and then routed to the output file during each growth cycle If yield tables are not requested the same information may be requested when needed by manually re questing a STOCK TABLE in RESIDUAL or CUT REPORTS The default for this parameter is YES automatically output the yield table report i Mortality Table If you choose YES ORGANON provides a Mortali
73. l reports plots and tables generated by that particular tree data file ORGANON then reads each variable element of each sample tree in the stand of the data file you entered A maximum of 2000 trees can be entered for each stand Measured data for each tree stored in that file includes 1 Minimum Required Measurements A stand is described by entering the char acteristics of sample trees contained in that stand You must enter certain meas urements of each sample tree while other measurements are not absolutely re quired The minimum required measure ments for each tree are plot point number Q species code number Q diameter outside bark at breast height 2 Strongly Recommended Measurements In addition to the required tree variables you should also include the following measurements 0 total tree height crown ratio If not included they are predicted from equations representing regional averages If these measurements are subsampled the regional average equations are cali brated to the actual measurements for the stand For more accurate results you are strongly urged to collect as many measurements as possible IT 3 Optional Measurements The following set of tree variables is op tional for input L expansion factor prior 5 year radial growth user code If expansion factors are missing from the input file ORGANON computes the ex pansion factors based on user supplied in forma
74. ly provide an ORGANON output file name including drive designator if necessary and the plots desired The following yield table variables may be plotted trees per acre basal area per acre cubic foot volume per acre Scribner volume per acre total cubic foot mean periodic annual increment total Scribner mean periodic annual increment conifer cubic foot mean periodic annual increment conifer Scribner mean periodic annual increment 9 99999 The PLTYLD program is on Disk 1 Hard disk users should have already load ed this program onto their designated 50 ORGANON directory All others must load the disk containing the PLTYLD program Disk 1 into drive A and the OR GANON output file s for plotting in drive B Be sure to include B when entering the ORGANON output file name Display destination Screen or Printer ONLY and plot windows must be select ed for these plots in the same manner as for display of CUT or RESIDUAL RE PORTS described earlier in the main OR GANON program The following example displays screens showing a plot of Trees Per Acre and Total Cubic Foot Mean Periodic Annual Increment PLTYLD EXAMPLE FOR FLOPPY DISK USERS gt PLTYLD ORGANON Growth and Yield Project Southwest Oregon Mixed Conifer Forests SW OREGON VERSION EDITION 2 0 SWO 0000 Enter ORGANON output file name CR to STOP gt B OUT278 Would you like these reports di
75. n factors the number of trees per acre the ingrowth tree represents will not be adjusted in any way and must be input for the stand The following example shows the proce dure for adding ingrowth trees to a stand INGROWTH EXAMPLE INGROWTH TREE DESCRIPTION Describe each ingrowth tree A carriage return CR will enter a default value of zero 0 TREE 1 Tree Species Code Required Integer gt 202 Diameter at Breast Height 2 Required Real gt 1 5 Height in feet gt 4 5 Strongly Recommended Real gt 4 9 Crown Ratio Strongly Recommended Real gt 8 Number of trees per acre this tree represents Required gt 46 User 2 digit thinning code Optional Integer CR Species 202 DBH 1 5 HT 4 9 CR 80 EXP 46 0 0 Save this tree Y CR Another tree Y N 1 TREE ADDED TO STAND TEST PLOT278 Ingrowth trees are listed separately dur ing trial management reports and plots After accepting ingrowth management PM the ingrowth trees are included in the appropriate diameter class Not ac cepting trial management VM removes all ingrowth trees from the stand see TRIAL VS ACCEPTED MANAGE MENT 41 CUT PER ACRE STAND TABLE EXAMPLE TEST PLOT278 11 24 87 12 47PM Page 1 TRIAL CUT PER ACRE STAND TABLE AT 41 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES RESIDUAL REMOVAL diam trees cf Scrib trees cf Scrib class acre ba vol
76. need to be corrected as the DATA COM PLETION routine calculates and fills in the missing values Errors in the Strong ly Recommended and Optional variables however must be corrected as these val ues are used to calculate calibration fac tors in the DATA COMPLETION routine Select a variable for modification by en tering the variables number a value from 1 to 8 ORGANON prompts you for the new value for that variable All data checks made during initial data input are repeated as each new variable value is en tered After the new value for a tree record is accepted all tree variables are again displayed as are any changes made If an entire tree record is to be deleted select its tree number when prompted After all the tree variables are displayed select option 9 DELETE UNDELETE RECORD The tree remains in the list but is flagged for deletion after you leave the editor You can also delete a plot with no trees in this manner Option 9 is also useful to remove the deletion flag in order to restore a tree to the tree list ERROR CORRECTION EXAMPLE ORGANON ON LINE EDITOR OPTION 20 RECORDS CURRENTLY IN FILE PLOT278 CONSISTING OF 19 original tree records 1 original plot with no trees 0 added tree records 0 added plots with no trees 0 records flagged for deletion 0 tree records O plot records with no trees 20 records remaining after deletion 19 tree records 1 plot record with no trees ENTER TO PERFORM E
77. ng is an example of a Cut Stocking Table CUT STOCKING TABLE EXAMPLE POST CUT STOCK TABLE TEST PLOT278 DATA FILE PLOT278 11 24 88 8 50 AM at trees cf Scrib trees cf Scrib acre ba vol vol acreba vol vol RESIDUAL REMOVAL DF 41 430 2 84 9 1423 2916 20 4 20 0 450 4 1183 0 Totals 1430 2 84 9 1423 29161 20 4 20 0 450 4 1183 0 Stand Density Index 190 Relative Density Index 359 Quadratic Mean Diameter 6 0 Mean Height 34 0 Mean Diameter 5 3 Mean Crown Ratio 778 36 The Cut Log Table provides the same in formation as the Residual Log Table ex cept for cut trees Values for each diame ter class displayed in the tables include the upper diameter but not the lower di ameter The following is an example of a Cut Log Table CUT LOG TABLE EXAMPLE CUT LOG TABLE TOTAL 41 YEARS TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 40 AM Page 1 LOG LENGTH 32 ft MIN LOG LENGTH 8 0 ft TOP DIAM 4 0 in P S Pine lOtherConifer Diam Logs Vol Logs Vol Logs Vol Logs Vol 0 0 0 0 4 6 20 4 362 3 0 6 8 14 2 820 7 0 Totals Logs 34 6 Volumes 1183 0 Avg Vol 34 2 The Run History and Display Defaults on the CUT MENU are the same as the Run History on the RESIDUAL MENU The following two cut histograms Diame ter Frequency CDF and Scribner Vol ume CVS show the same total amount in each diameter class as the correspond ing residual histogram The two plotting symbols distinguish betwe
78. odel is run The maximum number of trees has been exceeded Program execution is termi nated THERE WERE NO MAJOR SPECIES DF WF GF PP SP IC ENTERED THIS DATA FILE WILL NOT BE AC CEPTED BY ORGANON THIS ROUTINE DOES NOT WORK xxx tree heights predicted from xxx en tered xxx tree records have been read UNACCEPTABLE xx SITE INDEX VALUE MEANING After the raw data file is input a list of invalid or missing elements is listed In valid elements must be corrected before further model execution A maximum of 2000 trees can be input from the data input file Reduce size of input file by reducing the number of sample plots taken in the stand This can be done by dividing the stand into several smaller stands or by randomly eliminating sampling plots All data sets input to ORGANON must contain trees from the six major species groups The coding for this routine has not been completed making this option unavaila ble at the present time During raw data file entry tree heights were determined for xxx trees with mis sing heights by equation and calibration ratio determined by trees with entered heights in the same species xxx trees have been read into the main ORGANON module from the INP file Unacceptable DF or PPsite index value has been input DF and PP site index cannot be less than 44 5 or g
79. on the main menu except immedi ately following management Residual Reports display the current residual stand statistics Residual Reports availa ble within the Management Menu reflect the stand prior to any cut requests See TRIAL VS ACCEPTED MANAGE MENT The following example shows the reports and plots available from the Residual Report Menu RESIDUAL TABLES AND PLOTS EXAMPLE RESIDUAL TABLES AND PLOTS Tables TL Sample Tree List SS Sample Summary ST Per Acre Stand Table SK Stocking Table LG Log Table DF Display Defaults RH Run History MO Mortality Table Plots PAH Height PAC Crown Ratio PCV CF Volume PSV Scribner Volume PDG Diam Growth PHG Height Growth PCG CF Vol Grow PSG Scrib Vol Grow PDF Dia Freq PBA Basal Area PVC CF Volume PVS Scribner Vol C H G RESIDUAL REPORTS gt PFC Dia Freq PAB Basal Area PGC CF Volume PGS Scribner Vol mao CR Return to Master Menu NOTE The MO Mortality Table and all per acre change reports PFC PAB PGC PAB and PGS will not be available on the Residual Report Menu until after a growth cycle 27 a Sample Tree List TL The Sample Tree List Report is a listing of the status of the input sample trees The header provides the stand identifica tion age total stand basal area number of sample trees and species group When
80. outside the specified window are not displayed Window selection forces a rescaling of the Y axis values of the plot and results in a more accurate display of the requested di ameter classes This feature is particu 34 larly useful when one or several diame ter class es has a very large value com pared to the other diameter classes in the plot As a result the other classes may appear to have the same value By using the window option very large value s can be eliminated from the plot This al lows you to inspect the remaining classes in more detail If you select a window to plot a description below the diameter class X axis indicates the range request ed This description will appear on plots to all destinations except the screen Under no circumstances are diameter classes greater than 36 displayed A message appears identifying the number of trees greater than 36 in diameter that do not appear on the plot ORGANON prompts you for window se lection input each time you request a plot Windowing gives you multiple views of the same plot An example of a screen display of diameter class windows follows WINDOW SELECTION EXAMPLE RESIDUAL REPORTS gt PDF Window N gt CR TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 50 AM PER ACRE DIAM DIST TOTAL 41 YEARS FOR ALL SPECIES N U M B E R R E E 5 DIAMETER 3 ININCHES 2468024680246 80 WINDOW SELECTION EXAMPLE continued RESIDUAL RE
81. own base and di ameter calibrations are made plots are available for the calibrated variables listed above These plots show predicted minus actual values i e residuals on the Y axis and predicted values on the X axis for height height to crown base and diameter growth These plots are available both with and without the calibration ratios in corporated in the prediction In addition plots are also available showing actual height or crown ratio on the Y axis and ac 18 tual diameter on the X axis The plots that are available depend on the data en tered no plots with calibration are available if the calibration value is equal to 1 0 Output for these plots only goes to the screen For hard copy output use the appropriate DOS command You may re quest these plots any number of times with different species The digit actually plotted represents the number of input trees that fall into the range represented by that cell The plots of calibrated and uncalibrated residuals over predicted val ues can be used to 1 Examine the data for possible outli ers large positive or negative residuals arising from measurement errors in the original input data If outliers are to be corrected you can use an external editor or the ORGANON editor by re entering the data file 2 Determine the effectiveness of the cali bration value in improving the fit of the original input data to the regional equa tions in ORGAN
82. quired reports 6 You should send plots and tables to an output file as well as to the screen The output file describes the stand and contains all defaults and parame ters associated with the stand s re quested reports and tables In addi tion ORGANON s run history attached to the end of the output file contains a list ing of the management decisions and growth cycles in a management scenario Master Menu Options After data are entered edited and checked including selecting defaults ORGANON comes under the control of the master menu At that point ORGA NON becomes a user directed program This means that a main menu is dis played and you the user must select one of five program options REPORTS GROWTH MANAGEMENT RESTART QUIT After you select a run option OR GANON processes your input and dis plays the main menu prompting you to select another run option The following are all selections that may appear on the main menu Some selections are only available at certain points during pro gram execution while others are available at all times MASTER MENU EXAMPLE MASTER MENU Organon RR Residual Tables and Plots GR Execute Model perform 5 yr growth cycle MT Management Scheme test or perform management RS Restart Program begin with data input QUIT Stop Program ORGANON gt 1 Residual Tables and Plots RR Residual Reports are available at any time
83. reater than 164 5 57 gt gt WARNING lt DOUGLAS FIR SITE INDEX IS OUT SIDE THE RANGE USED TO BUILD ORGANON gt gt WARNING lt 50 SAMPLE TREES IS THE MINI MUM RECOMMENDED gt gt WARNING lt lt MINIMUM AGE FOR A STAND IS 15 YEARS WARNING Negative potential height growth set to O WARNING POINT xx HAS NO TREES gt gt gt gt WARNING gt gt gt DF GF WF SP WH SITE INDEX MAY BE INCORRECTLY ESTIMATED GROWTH MODEL MAY NOT WORK CORRECTLY gt gt gt gt WARNING gt gt gt INCENSE CEDAR SITE INDEX MAY BE INCORRECTLY ESTIMATED GROWTH MODEL MAY NOT WORK CORRECTLY 58 Douglas Fir site index must be in the range from 60 to 125 the range of the sampling set used to build the ORGA NON model Fifty trees is the minimum recommend ed number of trees to sample An even age stand must be a minimum age of 15 years During a growth cycle the height growth of a tree has been calculated to be nega tive The height growth will beset to 0 and the growth cycle will continue This error will occur if the tree is taller than the maximum potential the tree could achieved for the stand s site index To eliminate this problem the user should consider increasing the stand s site in dex During data input a valid point number has been read with all remaining fields blank or 0 This indicate
84. record with no trees ERROR CORRECTION EXAMPLE ORGANON ON LINE EDITOR OPTION continued ERRORS to correct LIST all records ADD a record to END CORRECT gt a Errors to Correct You must correct all fatal errors before the model can operate When ORGANON reads data errors are tagged for later de tection Entering ERR during an on line editing session lists all remaining record errors to correct ERROR CORRECTION EXAMPLE ORGANON ON LINE EDITOR OPTION 20 RECORDS CURRENTLY IN FILE PLOT278 CONSISTING OF 19 original tree records 1 original plot with no trees 0 added tree records 0 added plots with no trees 0 records flagged for deletion 0 tree records 0 plot records with no trees 20 records remaining after deletion 19 tree records 1 plotrecord with no trees ERRORS to correct LIST all records ADD a record CORRECT gt ERR Tree 4 2 DBH 0 Tree 15 illegal tree height Tree 16 bad species code CR to continue 10 b List All Records You can at any time get a current listing of all tree records in the stand by using the LST option This listing displays plots with no trees as well as all the records flagged for deletion Records flagged for deletion display for a spe cies code ERROR CORRECTION EXAMPLE ORGANON ON LINE EDITOR OPTION 20 RECORDS CURRENTLY IN FILE PLOT278 CONSISTING OF ERRORS to correct LIST all records
85. s Mortality Table Printer Form Feed Graphics Printer Volume Equations Board Foot Defaults Minimum Board Foot Log Top Diameter Board Foot Trim Allowance Board Foot Stump Height Board Foot Log Length Board Foot Minimum Log Length Cubic Foot Defaults Cubic Foot Conifer Top Diameter Cubic Foot Hardwood Top Diameter Cubic Foot Conifer Stump Height Execution Suggestions Master Menu Options Residual Tables and Plots Sample Tree List TL Sample Summary Table SS Per Acre Stand Table ST Stocking Table SK Log Table LG Mortality Table MO Run History RH Display Defaults DF Average Plots Per Acre Plots Table and Plot Parameters Species Destination Windows Cut Tables and Plots CR Growth GR Growth Cycles Growth Cycle Limits Management MT in Diameter Thin DB Basal Area Thin BA Stand Density Index Thin DI User Code Thin US Fertilization FE Ingrowth IN Final Harvest FH Creating a Management Scheme Trial vs Accepted Management Reports RR or CR Restart Management RS Management Exit Void Management VM Perform Management PM Restart ORGANON RS Quit QU Final Output File and Run History Supplementary Program PLTYLD Warning and Error Messages Literature Cited INTRODUCTION Background The Southwest version of the ORegon Growth ANalysis and projectiON system SW ORGANON has been designed to pro ject the changes that take place in the mixed conifer young growth forest st
86. s a plot point with no trees Douglas Fir site index does not corre spond to DF WF GF SP WH tree heights entered Incense Cedar site index determined from the Douglas Fir site index does not correspond to the incense cedar tree heights entered gt C WARNING lt lt PONDEROSA PINE SITE INDEX IS OUTSIDE THE RANGE USED TO BUILD ORGANON gt gt gt gt WARNING gt gt gt PONDEROSA PINE INDEX MAY BE IN CORRECTLY ESTIMATED GROWTH MODEL MAY NOT WORK CORRECT LY gt gt WARNING lt lt STAND IS OUTSIDE LIMITS OF SPE CIES MIX USED TO BUILD ORGANON Ponderosa pine site index must be in the range from 60 to 125 the range of the sampling set used to build the OR GANON model Ponderosa Pine site index does not cor respond to Ponderosa Pine tree heights entered If stand age is less than or equal to 40 years at least 60 of the stand basal area must be in the major species If the stand age is greater than 40 years at least 80 of the stand basal area must be in the major species LITERATURE CITED Hann D W and J A Scrivani 1987 Paine D P and D W Hann 1982 Dominant height growth and site in dex equations for Douglas fir and pon derosa pine in southwest Oregon For est Research Laboratory Oregon State University Corvallis Research Bulle tin 59 13p Hann D W and C H Wang 1989 Individual tree mortality equations for the mixed conifer zone of
87. sly requested for file output along with the yield table if requested A cumulative cut log table fol lows the yield table The final report in the output file will be a run history which is the same as the Run History available during program execution in the CUT and RESIDUAL REPORT MENUS This re port represents the final run history Each growth request will be listed with stand age and number of cycles each management option will be itemized as to type and species and each fertilization will include age and quantity You should request plots and tables during program execution to save in an output file as well as to display on the screen In this way the stand description defaults and run history are associated with the reports re quested An output listing of sample file PLOT278 follows The stand is grown one cycle All species are proportionally thinned to 20 square feet basal area and all species are also thinned 20 for all user codes of 0 The stand is grown for two more cycles then clear cut An example is included of a plot requested with a window FINAL OUTPUT FILE AND RUN HISTORY EXAMPLE ORGANON ORegon Growth ANalysis and projectiON system Growth amp Yield Project for Southwest Oregon Mixed Conifer Forests RELEASE VERSION 2 0 4SWO 0000 Copyright 1989 by College of Forestry Oregon State University by David W Hann Arlene Hester David Larsen and Martin Ritchie Department of Fores
88. southwest Oregon Forest Research Laboratory Oregon State University Corvallis Research Bulletin in press Maximum crown width equations for southwestern Oregon tree species Forest Research Laboratory Oregon State Univer sity Corvallis Research Paper 46 20 p Reineke L H 1933 Perfecting a stand density index for even aged forests Journal of Agricul tural Research 46 627 638 59 Hester A S D W Hann and D R Larsen 1989 ORGANON SOUTHWEST OREGON GROWTH AND YIELD MODEL USER MANUAL Version 2 0 Forest Research Laboratory Oregon State University Corvallis 59 p The Southwest version of the ORegon Growth ANalysis and projectiON model is designed to project changes in young growth forest stands of mixed conifers in southwest Oregon Initial stands should have 80 basal area in Douglas fir grand fir white fir ponderosa pine sugar pine and incense cedar SW ORGANON can predict development of both even age and un even age stands ORGANON is a user friendly interactive pro gram that will run on any IBM or compatible computer under the PC DOS or MS DOS operating system The computer system should consist of two floppy disk drives or a hard disk drive and one or more floppy disk drives A math co processor is recom mended but not mandatory Hester A S D W Hann and D R Larsen 1989 ORGANON SOUTHWEST OREGON GROWTH AND YIELD MODEL USER MANUAL Version 2 0 Forest Research Laboratory Oregon State Univ
89. splayed on SO Screen Only PO Printer Only DISPLAY SO gt CR Indicate the variable to be plotted Trees Acre Basal Area Cubic Foot Volume Scribner Volume Total Cubic Foot Mean Periodic Annual increment Total Scribner Mean Periodic Annual increment Conifer Cubic Foot Mean Periodic Annual Increment 8 Conifer Scribner Mean Periodic Annual Increment Ah CR to END PLTYLD EXAMPLE continued PLTYLD EXAMPLE continued VARIABLE NUMBER 1 Window N CR please wait yield plot values are being read TEST PLOT278 TREES PER ACRE YIELD 11 24 88 8 45 AM 4519 omm qu d 199 0 Total Stand age 36 yr 111111 112233445566778899001122 05050 5 05050505050505 050505 Indicate the variable to be plotted Trees Acre Basal Area Cubic Foot Volume Scribner Volume Total Cubic Foot Mean Periodic Annual Increment Total Scribner Mean Periodic Annual increment Conifer Cubic Foot Mean Periodic Annual Increment Conifer Scribner Mean Periodic Annual Increment NO NAUN lt CR gt to END VARIABLE NUMBER gt 5 Window lt N gt gt lt CR gt continued PLTYLD EXAMPLE continued please wait yield plot values are being read TEST PLOT278 11 24 88 8 50 AM TOTAL CUBIC FT VOLUME MEAN ANNUAL
90. t Management Oregon State University This model was funded by Forestry Intensified Research FIR with special help from Boise Cascade Corporation amp Medford Corporation 11 24 88 8 39 AM Tree Data File PLOT278 Stand Identification TEST PLOT278 Number of Plots Points 4 Number of Sample obs Trees 19 EXPANSION FACTORS WERE SET AS FOLLOWS SUBSAMPLE 1 gt FIXED 784 radius SUBSAMPLE 2 gt FIXED 15 6 ft radius SUBSAMPLE 3 gt VARIABLE BAF 20 0 Douglas Fir Site Index 109 4 Ponderosa Pine Site Index 102 9 Breast height stand age 28 Total stand age 36 Run Defaults TRIPLING No DISPLAY MENUS Yes USE HEIGHT CALIB Yes USE HTCB CALIB Yes USE DIAM GRO CALIB Yes LIMIT ON MAX BA Yes YIELD TABLE Yes MORTALITY TABLE No PRINTER FORM FEED No 10 GRAPHICS PRINTER Yes 11 VOLUME EQUATIONS OSU continued ONOUhWN 45 46 FINAL OUTPUT FILE AND RUN HISTORY EXAMPLE continued Board Foot Defaults 12 LOG DIAM 4 inches 13 TRIM ALLOWANCE 8 inches 14 STUMP HEIGHT 5 feet 15 LOG LENGTH 32 feet 16 MIN LOG LENGTH 8 0 feet Cubic Foot Defaults 17 CONIFER TOP DIAM 0 inches 18 HARDWOOD TOP DIAM 0 inches 19 CONIFER STUMP HEIGHT 0 feet CALIBRATION RATIOS USED FOR THIS RUN ht diam htcb diam DOUGLAS FIR 70 1 23 1 00 GRAND WHITE FIR 1 00 1 00 1 00 PONDEROSA PINE 1 0
91. ted At the end of an ORGANON run or at the point of a restart request the yield table is written to the end of the desig nated output file shown in quotes Fol lowing the yield table is a history of the completed ORGANON run During raw data file entry crown ratios were predicted for xxx trees with miss ing crown ratios by equation and cali bration ratio determined by yyy trees with entered crown ratios for the same species During data completion or diameter growth a maximum crown width for the specified tree was calculated and de termined to be less than 0 or greater than 100 using the equations of Paine and Hann 1982 Program execution is terminated An illegal tree diameter of 0 has been read from the input file When in the correction module all tree records have been designated to be de leted MEANING ERROR ONLY xx TREES WERE ENTERED During tree data correction the tree record number specified to edit was greater than the number of trees en tered ERROR REENTER gt The user requested input has been re jected This can happen when 1 A real number has been entered when an integer is requested 2 A character has been entered when a numeric value has been requested 3 Some character other than YES yes NO or no has been entered when a Yes No answer was requested 4 invalid character has been entered for a requested character
92. tion concerning the sampling design that measured the stand The remaining optional variables provide more accurate diameter growth predictions and addi tional thinning capabilities Data File Creation 1 Data Elements The eight data elements that may be en tered for each tree in the stand are plot point number required species code number required diameter outside bark at breast height required total tree height optional crown ratio optional expansion factor optional radial growth optional user code optional OU a Plot Point Number Required A plot point number is a unique integer between 1 and 999 for each sample plot point The number does not need to be consecutive or sequential For plots points with no trees enter the plot point number only with the remainder of the fields blank This entry is used in deter mining the number of sample plots points The number of sample plots points is then used to determine the per acre average expansion factor plot point number of 0 is not valid and will be rejected by ORGANON b Species Code Number Required A species code number is a 3 digit Forest Service code number to identify each tree species ORGANON models for and ac cepts only the following tree species and corresponding species codes Species Tree Species Tree Code Species Code Species 015 White Fir 312 Bigleaf Maple 017 Grand Fir 361 Pacific Madrone 0
93. tween 0 zero and oh and 1 one versus 1 lower case let ter L Please be careful to enter the cor rect values Refer to the MS DOS and hardware man uals for further information regarding computer operation The use of lt CR gt in this manual and on the computer screen during program exe cution refers to using the key marked ei ther carriage return enter or a bent left arrow depending on the keyboard Pressing the carriage return key depend ing on the situation restarts a suspended operation of the program Otherwise pressing the carriage return selects a de fault response designated by parentheses in the request see Execution Sugges tions This manual designates all user input by printing those responses in bold type Overview The illustration below depicts the entire ORGANON system showing each of its major components and their relationship to each other Data Previously Edited No Yes residual Plots Editan Existing File 79 Yes sb Read and Edit Data File amu Data Read New ERE Correction Data File ile Data Completion MAIN MENU Create a New File Yes Cut Reports PROGRAM SETUP Two Floppy System Follow these steps to load and execute ORGANON on a system with two floppy disk drives 1 Designate the A drive as the default drive and load ORGANON Disk 1 titled START conta
94. ty Table report after any growth cycle s The table displays the mortality rate in trees acre basal area cubic foot and scribner volume that occurred during the last total growth period one or more cycles for each diameter class The de fault for this parameter is NO the Mor tality Table is not displayed j Printer Form Feed This parameter determines whether there is a form feed new page in the output file prior to each report requested If you do not choose printer form feed each re port may not necessarily start at the top of a new page when printed on the line printer The default is YES provide a new page before each report k Graphics Printer This parameter designates whether the printer used for listing tables and plots can print the IBM extended graphics character set Selecting YES causes the printer to display the same characters as displayed on the screen Selecting NO substitutes the extended graphics charac ters with other printable characters If you are unsure of your printer s capabili ties select YES first If the printout does not look like the screen display se _lect the default setting NO The default is YES display IBM extended graphics character set 1 Volume Equations Board Foot volumes are determined by se lecting a minimum log top diameter trim allowance stump height log length and minimum log length Cubic Foot volumes are determined by designating a conifer
95. umber of trees per acre that each sam ple tree represents on each plot point The program automatically converts this to the stand average ORGANON divides by the number of points For a fixed area plot the expansion factor is the reciprocal of the area of the plot in acres For varia ble plots the expansion factor is the basal area factor in square feet divided by the tree s basal area 2 Radial Growth Optional The 5 year radial growth inside bark at breast height is measured in decimal inches determined from increment Cores If measured during a growing season be sure to ignore the current year s growth h User Code Optional A user code is a 1 or 2 digit number as signed to a tree The user code allows you to designate the tree in some predeter mined manner for thinning For example you might code all mistletoe infected trees with one code and assign another code to all non crop trees Managers can select these specially coded trees for removal or other action 2 Word Processor You can use any word processor that gen erates an ASCII file to create the data file An ASCII file is a file that contains no formatting characters word wrap for matting etc This is generally referred to as a flat or non document file Word star PC Write IBM Personal Editor and MS DOS Line Editor EDLIN can create this type of file Check your word proces sor manual for instructions on creating an ASCII file Use on
96. y MOD EL All command lines are executed by pressing the carriage return PROGRAM SETUP EXAMPLE gt C gt MKDIR MODEL C gt CD MODEL insert Disk 1 START in drive A C gt COPY A insert Disk 2 ORGNON drive A gt COPY 2 Subsequent Runs Change to the ORGANON directory DOS command CD MODEL If a data file al ready exists on a floppy disk load that disk into the floppy drive If a data file exists on another directory on the hard disk be sure to designate the path name when ORGANON asks for the file name To create a data file in ORGANON insert a blank disk in the floppy drive only if the data file will be saved on a floppy disk be sure to include the drive designator when entering the file name If the file is to be saved in the ORGANON directory no drive designator or floppy disk is neces sary The following example has an existing data file TESTPLT on a floppy disk SETUP EXAMPLE C gt CD MODEL insert data disk in drive B C gt ORGANON when requested by ORGANON designate the data file by entering B TESTPLT The following example has an existing data file TESTPLT on hard disk subdirec tory DATA SETUP EXAMPLE C gt CD MODEL C gt ORGANON when requested by ORGANON designate the data file by entering C DATA TESTPLT The following example has an existing data file TESTPLT on the same directory MODEL as the ORGANON program SETUP EXA

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