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             FSH 2090.11 - ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
                     AND INVENTORY HANDBOOK
                    WO AMENDMENT 2090.11-91-1
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CHAPTER

1   ECOSYSTEM CLASSIFICATION

2   CLASSIFICATION OF POTENTIAL NATURAL COMMUNITIES

3   ECOLOGICAL UNIT INVENTORIES

4   INTERPRETATIONS AND APPLICATIONS

5   CLASSIFICATION OF AQUATIC TYPES (Reserved)

6   DATA ANALYSIS (Reserved)

7   REPORTING (Reserved)

                                         
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                    WO AMENDMENT 2090.11-91-1
                        EFFECTIVE 4/26/91

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02  OBJECTIVES

03  POLICY

05  DEFINITIONS 

                                            
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             FSH 2090.11 - ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
                     AND INVENTORY HANDBOOK
                    WO AMENDMENT 2090.11-91-1
                        EFFECTIVE 4/26/91

              CHAPTER 1 - ECOSYSTEM CLASSIFICATION


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1.1      ECOLOGICAL TYPE CHARACTERIZATION

1.2      NAMING ECOLOGICAL TYPES

1.3      DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN ECOLOGICAL TYPES

1.4      DESCRIPTION OF ECOLOGICAL TYPES
1.41     Vegetation
1.41a    Potential Natural Community
1.41b    Existing Vegetation
1.42     Soils
1.43     Topographic Features
1.44     Water
1.45     Climate
1.46     Geology
1.46a    Landform
1.47     Description of Ecological Type Interpretations
1.47a    Ecological Status
1.47b    Assessment of Existing Conditions
1.47c    Estimation of Production Potential
1.47d    Prediction of Response to Change
1.47e    Assessment of Ecological and Resource Conditions Across 
         Mosaics of Communities
1.47f    Use of Ecosystem Classification in Coordination, 
         Correlation, and Linkage of Resource Data Bases

1.5      CORRELATION OF ECOLOGICAL TYPES
1.51     Criteria
1.52     Correlation

1.6      REFERENCE SITES
1.61     Descriptions
1.62     Minimum Standards

1.7      IDENTIFICATION OF ECOLOGICAL UNITS 


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             FSH 2090.11 - ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
                     AND INVENTORY HANDBOOK
                    WO AMENDMENT 2090.11-91-1
                        EFFECTIVE 4/26/91

   CHAPTER 2 - CLASSIFICATION OF POTENTIAL NATURAL COMMUNITIES


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2.1      POTENTIAL NATURAL COMMUNITY 
2.11     Sampling
2.12     Classification
2.13     Successional Relationships
2.14     Naming Potential Natural Communities
2.15     Potential Natural Community Descriptions

                                           
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                    WO AMENDMENT 2090.11-91-1
                        EFFECTIVE 4/26/91

             CHAPTER 3 - ECOLOGICAL UNIT INVENTORIES


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3.04     Responsibility
3.04a    Regional Ecologists and Regional Soil Scientists

3.1      INVENTORY PLANNING
3.11     Work Plans for Inventory Areas
3.12     Annual Plan of Operation

3.2      ECOLOGICAL UNIT MAPPING
3.21     Preparation
3.22     Design
3.23     Description
3.24     Interpretations
3.25     Naming Ecological Units
3.26     Interdisciplinary Participation
3.27     Map Unit Delineation
3.28     Field Notes and Descriptions
3.29     Field Notebook

3.3      RECORDS AND DATA BASES

3.4      SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND CORRELATION


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                    WO AMENDMENT 2090.11-91-1
                        EFFECTIVE 4/26/91

          CHAPTER 4 - INTERPRETATIONS AND APPLICATIONS


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4.1      INTERRELATIONSHIPS AND MAKING INTERPRETATIONS

4.2      INTEGRATION

4.3      RESOURCE VALUE RATINGS
4.31     Ecological Status

4.4      RESOURCE VALUES FOR VEGETATION
4.41     Desired Future Vegetation
4.42     Present Vegetation Status
4.43     Present Vegetation Trend
4.43a    Apparent Trend
4.43b    Long-Term Trend
4.44     Interpreting Trend Data
4.45     Application to Management Objectives

4.5      RESOURCE VALUES FOR SOIL
4.51     Desired Soil Condition
4.52     Present Soil Condition
4.53     Present Soil Condition Trend
4.54     Application to Management Objectives

4.6      SCORECARDS