1Table: MTC and PFT¶
Table 6:List of the meta classes (MTCs) and plant functional types (PFTs) defined in ORCHIDEE v2.0.
| Metaclass (MTC) | MTCnumber | Plantfunction type (PFT) | PFTnumber |
| Bare ground | 1 | Bare ground | 1 |
| Tropical broadleaf evergreen forest | 2 | Tropical broadleaf evergreen forest | 2 |
| Tropical broadleaf raingreen forest | 3 | Tropical broadleaf raingreen forest | 3 |
| Temperate needleleaf evergreen forest | 4 | Temperate needleleaf evergreen forest | 4 |
| Temperate broadleaf evergreen forest | 5 | Temperate broadleaf evergreen forest | 5 |
| Temperate broadleaf deciduous forest | 6 | Temperate broadleaf deciduous forest | 6 |
| Boreal needleleaf evergreen forest | 7 | Boreal needleleaf evergreen forest | 7 |
| Boreal broadleaf deciduous forest | 8 | Boreal broadleaf deciduous forest | 8 |
| Boreal needleleaf deciduous forest | 9 | Boreal needleleaf deciduous forest | 9 |
| c3 grassland | 10 | Boreal natural c3 grassland | 15 |
| c3 grassland | 10 | Temperate natural c3 grassland | 10 |
| c3 grassland | 10 | Tropical natural c3 grassland | 14 |
| c4 grassland | 11 | Natural c4 grassland | 11 |
| c3 cropland | 12 | c3 cropland | 12 |
| c4 cropland | 13 | c4 cropland | 13 |