Subzone/variant names and codes

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Zone BEC Unit Subzone name Variant
name
Alpine Tundra
ATun Undifferentiated –
Bunch Grass
BG xh 1 Very Dry Hot Okanagan
BG xh 2 Very Dry Hot Thompson
BG xh 3 Very Dry Hot Fraser
BG xw 1 Very Dry Warm Nicola
BG xw 2 Very Dry Warm Alkali
Boreal Black and White Spruce
BWBS dk 1 Dry Cool Stikine
BWBS dk 2 Dry Cool Liard
BWBS mw 1 Moist Warm Peace
BWBS mw 2 Moist Warm Fort Nelson
BWBS vk Very Wet Cool –
BWBS wk 1 Wet Cool Murray
BWBS wk 2 Wet Cool Graham
BWBS wk 3 Wet Cool Kledo
Coastal Douglas-fir
CDF mm Moist Maritime –
Coastal Western Hemlock
CWH dm Dry Maritime –
CWH ds 1 Dry Submaritime Southern
CWH ds 2 Dry Submaritime Central
CWH mm1 Moist Maritime Submontane
CWH mm2 Moist Maritime Montane
CWH ms 1 Moist Submaritime Southern
CWH ms 2 Moist Submaritime Central
CWH vh 1 Very Wet Hypermaritime Southern
CWH vh 2 Very Wet Hypermaritime Central
CWH vm Very Wet Maritime –
CWH vm 1 Very Wet Maritime Submontane
CWH vm 2 Very Wet Maritime Montane
CWH vm 3 Very Wet Maritime Central
CWH wh 1 Wet Hypermaritime Submontane
CWH wh 2 Wet Hypermaritime Montane
CWH wm Wet Maritime –
CWH ws 1 Wet Submaritime Submontane
CWH ws 2 Wet Submaritime Montane
CWH xm1 Very Dry Maritime Eastern
CWH xm2 Very Dry Maritime Western
Engelmann Spruce – Subapline Fir
ESSF dc 1 Dry Cold Okanagan
ESSF dc 2 Dry Cold Thompson
ESSF dk Dry Cool –
ESSF dkp Dry Cool Parkland –
ESSF dv Dry Very Cold –
ESSF mc Moist Cold –
ESSF mk Moist Cool –
ESSF mm Moist Mild Raush
ESSF mv 1 Moist Very Cold Nechako
ESSF mv 2 Moist Very Cold Bullmoose
ESSF mv 3 Moist Very Cold Omineca
ESSF mv 4 Moist Very Cold Graham
ESSF mw Moist Warm –
ESSF vc Very Wet Cold –
ESSF vcp Very Wet Cold Parkland –
ESSF wc 1 Wet Cold Columbia
ESSF wc 2 Wet Cold Northern Monashee
ESSF wc 3 Wet Cold Cariboo
ESSF wc 4 Wet Cold Selkirk
ESSF wcp Wet Cold Parkland –
ESSF wk 1 Wet Cool Cariboo
ESSF wk 2 Wet Cool Misinchinka
ESSF wm Wet Mild –
ESSF wmp Wet Mild Parkland –
ESSF wv Wet Very Cold –
ESSF xc Very Dry Cold –
ESSF xv 1 Very Dry Very Cold West Chilcotin
ESSF xv 2 Very Dry Very Cold Big Creek
Interior Cedar – Hemlock
ICH dk Dry Cool –
ICH dw Dry Warm West Kootenay
ICH mc 1 Moist Cold Nass
ICH mc 2 Moist Cold Hazelton
ICH mk 1 Moist Cool Kootenay
ICH mk 2 Moist Cool Thompson
ICH mk 3 Moist Cool Horsefly
ICH mm Moist Mild –
ICH mw 1 Moist Warm Golden
ICH mw 2 Moist Warm Columbia-Shuswap
ICH mw 3 Moist Warm Thompson
ICH vc Very Wet Cold –
ICH vk 1 Very Wet Cool Mica
ICH vk 2 Very Wet Cool Slim
ICH wc Wet Cold –
ICH wk 1 Wet Cool Wells Gray
ICH wk 2 Wet Cool Quesnel
ICH wk 3 Wet Cool Goat
ICH wk 4 Wet Cool Cariboo
ICH xw Very Dry Warm –
Interior Douglas-fir
IDF dk 1 Dry Cool Thompson
IDF dk 2 Dry Cool Cascade
IDF dk 3 Dry Cool Fraser
IDF dk 4 Dry Cool Chilcotin
IDF dm 1 Dry Mild Kettle
IDF dm 2 Dry Mild Kootenay
IDF dw Dry Warm –
IDF mw 1 Moist Warm Okanagan
IDF mw 2 Moist Warm Thompson
IDF ww Wet Warm –
IDF xh 1 Very Dry Hot Okanagan
IDF xh 2 Very Dry Hot Thompson
IDF xm Very Dry Mild –
IDF xw Very Dry Warm –
Mountain Hemlock
MH mm 1 Moist Maritime Windward
MH mm 2 Moist Maritime Leeward
MH wh Wet Hypermaritime Windward
Montane Spruce
MS dc 1 Dry Cold Bridge
MS dc 2 Dry Cold Tatlayoko
MS dk Dry Cool –
MS dm 1 Dry Mild Okanagan
MS dm 2 Dry Mild Thompson
MS dv Dry Very Cold –
MS xk Very Dry Cool –
MS xv Very Dry Very Cold –
Ponderosa Pine
PP dh 1 Dry Hot Kettle
PP dh 2 Dry Hot Kootenay
PP xh 1 Very Dry Hot Okanagan
PP xh 2 Very Dry Hot Thompson
Sub-boreal Pine – Spruce
SBPS dc Dry Cold –
SBPS mc Moist Cold –
SBPS mk Moist Cool –
SBPS xc Very Dry Cold –
Sub-Boreal – Spruce
SBS dh 1 DryHot McLennan
SBS dh 2 Dry Hot Robson
SBS dk Dry Cool –
SBS dw 1 Dry Warm Horsefly
SBS dw 2 Dry Warm Blackwater
SBS dw 3 Dry Warm Stuart
SBS mc 1 Moist Cold Moffat
SBS mc 2 Moist Cold Babine
SBS mc 3 Moist Cold Kluskus
SBS mh Moist Hot –
SBS mk 1 Moist Cool Mossvale
SBS mk 2 Moist Cool Williston
SBS mm Moist Mild –
SBS mw Moist Warm –
SBS un Undifferentiated –
SBS vk Very Wet Cool –
SBS wk 1 Wet Cool Willow
SBS wk 2 Wet Cool Finlay-Peace
SBS wk 3 Wet Cool Takla
Spruce – Willow – Birch
SWB dk DryCool –
SWB mk Moist Cool –
SWB un Undifferentiated –
SWB vk Very Wet Cool –