| Original land cover class | Combined land cover class | ||
| Shrub | Herb-shrub | Lichen low vegetation | |
| Deciduous shrub land (>75% cover) | 1 | ||
| Shrubs-herb-lichen-bare | 2 | ||
| Herb-shrub | 9774 | ||
| Shrub-herb-lichen-bare | 10 | ||
| Shrub-herb-lichen-water bodies | 19 | ||
| Lichen-shrubs-herb, bare soil or rock outcrop | 15 | ||
| Low vegetation cover (bare soil, rock outcrop) | 72 | ||
| Lichen barren | 1369 | ||
| Lichen-shrub-herb-bare | 3590 | ||
| Rock outcrop, low vegetation cover | 5 | ||
| Low vegetation cover | 107 | ||
| Subtotal | 32 | 9774 | 5158 |
| % cover of evergreen shrubs (mean ± SEE) | 10.4 ± 10.8 | 16.4 ± 12.2 | 22.1 ± 7.0 |
| AVHRR SRVI threshold for SOS and EOS | 1.440 | 1.448 | 1.456 |