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.