Canopy cover definition

Canopy cover means the area shaded by the foliage of growing plants. "Debilitating medical condition" means any of the following:

Canopy cover means the drip line area for an individual tree. For a stand of multiple trees it is the sum of the drip line areas of each tree less any overlap.

Canopy cover means tree canopy cover.

Examples of Canopy cover in a sentence

• Canopy cover is based on a vertically-projected polygon described by the outline of the foliage, ignoring any normal spaces occurring between the leaves of plants (Daubenmire 1959).

• Canopy cover estimates are only made for the area within accessible forest condition(s) and should not include foliage on non-forested portions of the subplot.

• Canopy cover is “the percentage of ground covered by a vertical projection of the outermost perimeter of the natural spread of foliage of plants.

• Canopy cover is the vegetation that hangs directly over the stream and can be measured using a densiometer or estimated visually either on-site or using aerial photography.

• Canopy cover information can be collected using actual values or by using established canopy cover classes.

More Definitions of Canopy cover

Canopy cover means the proportion of the forest floor covered by a vertical projection of the tree crowns, and is expressed as a percent of an area of forest land.

Canopy cover means the extent of the canopy for an individual tree, or the cumulative areal extent of the canopy of all trees on a the site. When a tree trunk straddles a property line, 50% of the canopy shall be counted towards each property. The canopy coverage of immature trees and newly planted trees is determined using the projected canopy areas in the City’s Recommended Tree List.

Canopy cover means the surface area under the drip line of a tree.

Canopy cover means the area, defined as a percentage of total ground area of the parcel, directly under the live branches of an oak tree.

Canopy cover means broad crown of a tree/s providing shade and cover.

Canopy cover means the percentage of parcels within a development site that is covered by the foliage of trees on that site.

Canopy cover means the percentage of ground surface covered by vegetation material, including a measure of the vertical projection of all vegetation plant parts over the ground surface.