Field Survey Pack (PDF-889K)
Includes:
- Forestry Commission Soil Classification System
- Key to identifying humus form, grasses, ferns and sedges used in ESC
- Recording forms for% cover and% Stoniness Estimation chart.
ESC User’s Manual – Version 3.0 (PDF-1311K)
- Ecological Site Classification Overview & Data
- Accessing ESC online
- Adding a site
- Ecological Site Classification Site Report
- Adjusting soil data
- Species Analysis
- Future Climate Analysis
- Species Descriptions
Forestry Commission Field Guide – The Identification of Soils for Forest Management
Fiona Kennedy, 2002
The aim of this Field Guide is to assist forestry practitioners in making responsible management decisions by providing them with a means of rapid soil identification. This is done via a series of keys aimed at those with little or no experience of soil classification.