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The deadwood layer is another of the Field-Map specifics. Each piece of deadwood is represented by a line leading lengthwise through an axis and connecting all vertices (base, all break points and end) of the deadwood and by a polygon circumscribing the deadwood in a horizontal projection. The polygon is created by connecting the base and the top (or optionally at each break point) of the deadwood. Deadwood can be defined by two end points (mostly conifers) and additionally by a number of break points (broadleaf trees). The length and volume of each deadwood is calculated automatically. Field-Map also stores information about the Z co-ordinates of break points, so the volume is always calculated in 3D projection (this is particularly important on the slope, where “2D volume” is underestimating).