USFS Hierarchy Finer Scale Units for Missouri ELTs=ESDs=HGM
Electronic Copy: At MDC Public Website go to Interactive Maps/Atlas of Missouri Ecoregions Nigh and Schroeder 2002 What We’ve Done in Missouri
Geo-LandformsVegetation Soil Properties ELTs/ESDs What is an ELT or ESD?
ELT Development Process
Loess Fragipan Upland Flatwoods Example ELT/soil legend: Loess Fragipan Upland Flatwoods ELT Nelson Community MDC Forest Type
1.Ecological Site Descriptions Products 2.Web Soil Survey Mapping with hyperlinks to ELT/ESD Description
3.Eco-regional Reports By MLRA Outlines Methodology Descriptions of the region, ELT/ESD sequence Legend of dominant ELTs/ESDs Cross-sections DVD including a pre-assembled GIS project and all associated spatial data Products
2.Hands-on Training Workshops by ecoregion
3.Ecological Site Description using NRCS format, which includes: Physiographic, soil narrative Ecological dynamics of site Vegetation description State and Transition Model Management criteria and guidelines Products 4.Web Soil Survey Mapping with hyperlinks to ELT Description