An important component of any habitat restoration plan is the soil type. Knowing what types of soil are present on the property will help you decide which plants will do best in each location. When it comes to healthy plants, having the right soil conditions is about as important as siting the plant correctly for optimal sunlight (shade or full sun?) and water (dry or moist?). Fortunately, the USDA’s Web Soil Survey exists to impart data already collected by the USDA to me

In its Acoarse filter@ approach to conservation biology, gap analysis relies on maps of dominant natural land cover types as the most...