1. Measurements within the inventory plot: IP identification number – IP centre co-ordinates and IP alternative centre co-ordinates – IP accessibility and plot permeability – Elevation above sea level – IP and locality topography – names of the inventory team members, measurement date – Ownership category, Tenure type – State administration region, Natural forest region – Forest category, group of the forest site types.

2. Tree description: Tree location, Tree number, Micro-topographic position of the tree – Tree species, Tree category, - Storey – Stilt root appearance and dead standing tree appearance – Height of the main stem axis splitting, Crown form – Damage caused by felling and skidding – Bark stripping and browsing caused by dear – Trunk rot, cavities – Stem break appearance and other stem damage – Whole of crown or crown upper third defoliation (spruce or pine) – Window-type defoliation appearance (spruce or pine) – Type and intenstity of the assimilatory organs discoloration (spruce and pine) – Broadleaves vitality (beech and oak), Stem quality – Tree value from the environmental point of view – Reasons for missing or newly found trees within the plot.

3. Tree measurement: DBH, Tree height – Height of the living crown bottom, Knot-free stem height.

4. Forest regeneration within the plot: Regeneration naturalness – Natural regeneration promotion measures – Plant location of young plantation and
growths – Mixture of tree species types in the young plantation – Factors negatively affecting the regeneration – Tree species, Height classes of the
regeneration – Number of regeneration specimens in the height classes – Age of the regenerated tree species, Protection measures taken during the
regeneration – Damage to young growth caused by browsing and fraying – Damage to young growth caused by deer browsing and bark stripping.

5. Sub-plot measurements: Sub-plot number and its size in area – Land lot category, Terrain aspects and declination – Silvicultural system, Valuable biota – The nature classification of forest stand – Stand structure diversity level, Stand tending status - Landslides, Water erosion, Avalanche tract – Antrophogenic load – Assessment of the density and age for individual storeys – Total cover of lichens, pteridophyte ferns, grasses – Total cover of herbs, shrub-like herbs and shrubs – Coverage of the individual species of grasses, herbs, lichens, and pteridophyte ferns – Coverage of the individual shrub species within the cubplot – growth phase of stand level – Deer fodder appearance, fruit and leaf-fall – Accessibility for game – Origin of the humus layer L (litter) – Thickness of the humus layer (F+H) and humus form – Soil type and root depth – Soil depth exceeding 30cm appearance – Appearance of the epiphytic lichens.

6. Lying dead wood: Appearance of branches and logging residues – Appearance of logging residues, windfalls and broken stems (diameter greater than 7 cm).

7. Stumps: Stump diameter, Stump height, Stump wood decomposition degree.

8. Inventory of forest roads: Road elevation above sea level – Forest road category, Forest road meaning – Roadway crown width, Roadway surface type – Grass appearance on the roadway surface – Road gradient, Road embankments status – Landslides and soil erosion to road embankments – Forest road drainage status.

9. Streams and creeks inventory: Water body width – Water flow stability, Stream gradient – Presence of torrent control constructions.

10. Land drainage constructions inventory: Water table width in the drain – Water flow stability in the drain

11. Orientation points: Classification of the point

12. Forest edge inventory: Forest edge density, Forest edge type – Tree species in the forest edge – Shrub belts appearance and structure along forest edge.

RESULTS OF THE NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC 2001 - 2004