The study assessed trees outside forest (TOF) resources integrating ancillary data, Geo-Eye image and
field inventory in Panchase area, a middle mountain landscape of Nepal. The result showed that out of total
study area (2289.04 ha), the TOF area was 361.88 hectare (ha) and the tree density of the TOF was 195±17
with an average of 61.23±7.45 tonne per ha above ground biomass (ABG) phytomass. The average phytomass
content from the individual tree of the TOF was 0.32± 0.02 ton for both TOF-Scattered and TOF-Group classes.
The total ABG phytomass stock was found 8191.44 tonne in TOF-Scattered class and 8754.67 tonnes in TOFGroup
class. The variation in tree density and tree species among the TOF classes indicated Schima wallichi was
dominant species both in terms of density and ABG phytomass content in the both classes. The study found
weak relationship (R2
; 0.027 and 0.072 for TOF-Group and for TOF-Scattered class respectively) between the
estimated ABG phytomass and NDVI of the GeoEye image. The findings suggested that there is significant
difference in the average phytomass per ha between TOF classes while there is no significant difference in the
average phytomass per tree of TOF classes.