USFS Hierarchy Finer Scale Units for Missouri

Ozark Highlands

Mississippi Alluvial

Basin

Central Dissected Till Plains

Osage Plains

Ozark Highlands

Mississippi Alluvial

Basin

Central Dissected Till Plains

Osage Plains

SubsectionsSections

Landtype Associations (LTAs)

Current River Hills Subsection

Pine-Oak Woodland Dissected Plan LTA

3.1 Exposed, Rocky RO / UG UlticBackslope

2.1 Ultic, Rocky RO / UG Shoulder

1.1 Ultic, Rocky RO Summit

1.3 Sinkhole

1.2 Silty RO Summit 2.2 Silty RO Shoulder

4.1 Protected RO / UG Ultic Backslope(some 4.2 Alfic)

Exposed Slopes 135-315 Degrees Protected Slopes 315-135 Degrees

Upland Ecological Landtypes and Phases

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-Landforms

VegetationSoil Properties

ELTs/ESDs

What is an ELT or ESD?

ELT Development Process

Loess Fragipan Upland Flatwoods

Example ELT/soil legend: Loess Fragipan Upland FlatwoodsELT

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

Products2. 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