Classification

Status Class

Effectiveness Class

Vitality Class

1

Good: Both the supporting, technical structure (inert materials) as well as the used plant material is in a visible good state. There is no visible external damage indicating an imminent failure of the structure and the used plants are well established.

Good: The resulting effect to the respective intervention is highly achieved and is clearly visible.

Exceedingly strong developed: leaves lush green in color, high leaf mass, strong shoots development and growth in length

2

Slight damage of construction or little dominance of invasive vegetation: Slight damage of the technical structure or plants is observable. The living material will be able to compensate for the harmful effect by its growth and mechanical skills and it will not result in failure of the structure. The used plant material is well established and less or no invasive vegetation is present.

Sufficient: The ascribed effect to the respective intervention is largely achieved and is clearly visible, but not quite as remarkable as in the rating “good”.

Well developed: leaves lush green in colour, little less leaf mass, weaker shoots development and growth in length

3

Severe damage of construction or strong dominance of invasive vegetation: Both, the technical structure (inert materials) as well as the used plants show external damage or are largely suppressed by invasive plants which became predominant. In the case that the invasive species can not compensate the stability of the used vegetation it can be assumed that an utter failure is imminent

Still sufficient but obvious deficiencies: The ascribed effect to the respective intervention is barely achieved but still visible.

Poorly developed: leaves yellow-green in colour, little leaf mass, very weak shoots development and growth in length.

4

Destructed: The structure is only rudimentarily observable or not existing anymore and is to be classified as ineffective.

Insufficient: The ascribed effect to the respective intervention is not achieved.

Plant already dead or dying.