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