Attachment 8_TESP Survey Field Form.pdf
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This document is Appendix C of the USDA Forest Service TES Plant Survey Field Guide, containing a standardized field form template for conducting Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive (TES) plant surveys on federal forest lands.
The form captures comprehensive survey documentation across four main sections. The General Information section requires surveyors to record a survey ID, name, status, source of work, survey type, focus area, estimated acreage, elevation data (minimum, maximum, average), and ecological parameters used to direct the survey. Survey visit documentation requires recording visit dates in MM/DD/YYYY format and the names of examining personnel for each field visit. The Target Species section mandates listing all targeted plant species using NRCS PLANTS codes and scientific names, with required fields indicating whether suitable habitat was found and whether the plant was actually located, along with corresponding FS Site IDs if Element Occurrence (EO) forms were completed. The Species List of Surveyed Area is optional and documents other species encountered during the survey, including their NRCS code, scientific name, life form, habitat type, percent cover or cover class, and notation of non-native species. The Optional Location Information section provides fields for recording geographic context (state, county, region, forest, district), USGS and Forest Service quad numbers, legal descriptions using the public land survey system, GPS coordinates with datum specifications, GPS unit manufacturer and model details, directions to the survey area, and a sketch box for visual representation of the survey boundaries.
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TES Plant Survey Field Guide
Appendix C - USDA Forest Service TES Plant Survey Field Form (® = Required Fields)
General Information
1) SURVEY ID: ® 2) SURVEY NAME:
3) SURVEY STATUS: ® 4) SOURCE OF WORK:
5) Survey Type: ®
6) Survey Focus: ®
7) Estimate of Survey Area Size (acres): ®
8) Elevation: Min: Max: Average: 9) Elevation UOM:
10) Survey Parameters (Describe any ecological parameters, criteria or combinations of these used to focus the survey.
(I.e., north slopes, specific habitat types, certain soils within certain forest conditions, etc.):
11) Survey Comments (Directions, area description, specific comments by visit date, etc.):
Survey Visits Enter a Date (MM/DD/YYYY) and Examiners for each visit made.
12) VISIT DATE ® 13) LAST NAME ® AND FIRST NAME OF EXAMINERS FOR EACH VISIT
Target Species
Required. List all targeted plant species (TES, special forest products, or other species of concern) that are the focus of the survey. Enter all the species individually using the NRCS PLANTS code and/or scientific name. All columns are required.
14) ®
NRCS
Plant Code
15) ®
Scientific name
16) ® Suitable habitat found
17) ® Plant found
FS Site ID(s) for EOs
(If EO forms completed®)
Species List of Surveyed Area
Optional. List other species found during the survey. Record the NRCS PLANTS Code, scientific name or both.
Indicate habitat (locally defined), lifeform and cover abundance (all optional). Indicate non-native plants with “X”
18) Completeness of species list: 19) Cover Method (if cover recorded):
20) Comments (e.g. details about species list approach, habitat focus, vegetation types or structure, etc.):
21)
NRCS
Plant Code
22)
Scientific Name
23)
Life
Form
24)
Habitat
25)
% Cover or Class
Non-native
Optional Location Information Location information to represent the survey area may be recorded, in addition to entering the spatial feature in the application
26) State: 27) County: 28) Region: 29) Forest: 30) District:
31) USGS Quad Number: 32) USGS Quad Name:
33) Forest Quad Number: 34) Forest Quad Name:
35) Legal Description: Required where public land survey is available.
Meridian: Township and Range:
Section:__ Q Sec:___ QQ Sec: ____ QQQ Sec: ____ QQQQ Sec: ____
36) Latitude and Longitude (decimal degrees)
GPS Datum:
GPS Lat. Dec. Degrees: GPS Long. Dec. Degrees:
37) GPS Unit Used: Manufacturer:
Model:
38) Directions to Survey Area
Sketch of Survey Area
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