Table 2. Structural characteristics in each vegetation type of Larix kaempferi plantations classified by TWINSPAN.

	Vegetation type (VT) (Indicator-Dominant species)	Average height of vegetation strata (m)				Average DBH (cm)		Average total percent cover (%)
Abbr.	Full name	T	ST	S	H	T	ST	All	Wd	Hb	T	ST	S	H
I	Rhododendron schlippenbachii-Q. mongolica type	19	9	2.1	0.6	21	13	237	202	35	92	27	51	71
II	Lespedeza maximowiczii-Quercus mongolica type	18	10	2.4	0.5	26	12	271	193	78	90	37	62	87
III	Morus australis-Cornus controversa type	20	8	2.1	0.5	27	9	208	186	22	83	40	27	58
IV	Carpinus cordata-Quercus mongolica type	20	7	1.7	0.5	29	11	300	262	38	107	56	78	68
V	Rosa multiflora-Lindera erythrocarpa type	16	7	1.9	0.3	26	8	239	205	34	88	62	61	39
VI	Zanthoxylum schinifolium-Quercus serrata type	19	7	2.1	0.5	24	9	234	199	35	88	45	62	43
V	Callicarpa japonica-Quercus serrata type	24	11	3.5	1.2	31	15	244	239	5	95	40	19	90
	Total	19	8	2.2	0.5	26	10	243	201	42	89	42	49	67