2090.11-91-1  Transmittal
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                     FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
                           WASHINGTON

 FSH 2090.11 - ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION AND INVENTORY HANDBOOK

                   Amendment No. 2090.11-91-1

                    Effective April 26, 1991


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Amendments Covered

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    !2090.11 Contents                               6
    !2090.11 Zero Code                              3
    1                                               5
    2                                               3
    3                                               7
    4                                               5

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                                            2090.11-91-1 Transmittal
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          Amendment numbers and dates noted above are listed for 
          historical purposes only.

          All subsequent amendments will be issued by document.

This amendment changes the title of the handbook to include 
direction for inventory, eliminates the reserved chapter for 
field procedures, renames and rewrites the text for chapter 1 
(formerly chapter 2) on Classification of Ecological Types, 
retitles chapter 2 (formerly chapter 1) Classification of 
Potential Natural Communities and deletes section on 
interrelationships and making interpretations.  It also adds text 
for chapter 3 (Ecological Unit Inventories) and chapter 4 
(Interpretations and Applications).  It also incorporates 
direction previously issued in FSM 2060.5 through 2062.9.




F. DALE ROBERTSON
Chief