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The Soil-Vegetation Survey in California¹

ABSTRACT

This paper deals briefly with procedures and kinds of information currently being obtained in the soil-vegetation survey of wild land in California and some of the problems encountered. The principal objective of the survey is to obtain accurate basic information on the kind and distribution of soils and natural vegetation, their relationships, and their characteristics and uses as an aid in better management of wild lands. The classification and mapping of both soils and vegetation follows a closely integrated procedure in which the skillful stereoscopic interpretation of aerial photographs plays an important part.

¹ Contribution from the California Forest and Range Experiment Station, maintained at Berkeley, Calif., by the Forest Service, U.S.D.A., in cooperation with the University of California. Paper presented before Div. V-A, Soil Science Society of America, Davis, Calif., Aug. 18, 1955.

² Soil Scientist (Soil-Vegetation Survey Project) and Forester (Specialist in Land Use), respectively, California Forest and Range Exp. Sta., Berkeley, Calif.

Received for publication October 24, 1955. Accepted for publication July 30, 1956.