Table 52. — Qualitative resource 



(Average value. The numerical 5-point scale used to measure these 



Ecogroup by ecosystem 



Western Range: 



Sagebrush 



Desert shrub 



Southwestern shrubsteppe 

 Chaparral-mountain shrub 



Piny on- juniper 



Mountain grasslands 



Mountain meadows 



Desert grasslands 



Annual grasslands 



Alpine 



Weighted average 



Western Forest: 



Douglas-fir 



Ponderosa Pine 



Western white pine 



Fir-spruce 



Hemlock-Sitka spruce 



Larch 



Lodgepole pine 



Redwood 



Hardwoods 



Weighted average 



Great Plains : 



Shinnery 



Texas savanna 



Plains grasslands 



Prairie 



Weighted average 



Eastern Forest: 



White-red-jack pine 



Spruce-fir 



Longleaf-slash pine 



Loblolly-shortleaf pine 



Oak-pine 



Oak-hickory 



Oak-gum-cypress 



Elm-ash-cottonwood 



Maple-beech-birch 



Aspen-birch 



Wet grasslands 



Weighted average 



Overall weighted average 



Soil stability 



1.71 

 1.16 

 1.17 

 2.18 

 2.06 

 3.14 

 4.03 

 1.85 

 3.09 

 3.04 



1.97 



4.70 

 4.41 

 2.25 

 4.48 

 3.33 

 4.68 

 4.46 

 4.65 

 3.46 



4.27 



2.75 

 1.53 

 3.96 

 3.13 



3.65 



4.99 

 5.00 

 3.93 

 4.47 

 3.58 

 3.53 

 4.71 

 3.60 

 4.53 

 4.84 

 4.96 



4.11 



8.30 



Soil quality 



2.22 

 2.92 

 2.85 

 3.18 

 2.56 

 3.69 

 3.83 

 3.84 

 3.11 

 3.99 



3.82 

 2.95 

 1.62 

 3.00 

 2.17 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 2.83 

 4.11 



3.28 



2.51 

 3.29 

 4.41 



3^95 



4.99 

 5.00 

 4.04 

 4.49 

 4.13 

 4.51 

 4.71 

 4.23 

 4.54 

 4.45 

 3.96 



.49 



3.70 



Air quality 



3.59 

 3.53 

 3.14 

 4.00 

 3.16 

 3.76 

 3.83 

 2.96 

 2.91 

 3.00 



3.50 



4.88 

 3.85 

 1.63 

 2.98 

 2.15 

 4.83 

 4.62 

 3.56 

 4.00 



3.98 



3.00 

 2.98 

 3.18 

 3.18 



3.17 



4.00 

 4.00 

 2.97 

 3.99 

 2.94 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.04 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 4.63 



3.39 



3.47 



Beauty 



3.23 

 3.43 

 3.52 

 4.00 

 2.51 

 3.08 

 3.53 

 2.15 

 2.00 

 3.99 



3.19 



3.10 

 2.97 

 1.54 

 2.96 

 2.52 

 3.10 

 3.00 

 3.56 

 4.28 



3.15 



3.56 

 3.71 

 4.02 

 3.47 



3.90 



2.35 

 3.18 

 2.73 

 2.41 

 3.16 

 2.47 

 3.29 

 2.62 

 4.08 

 2.88 

 3.62 



2.84 



3.20 



Flexibility 



3.04 

 3.10 

 2.92 

 3.18 

 3.50 

 4.54 

 4.49 

 4.55 

 3.76 

 2.01 



3.48 



2.97 

 4.57 

 1.63 

 3.00 

 2.17 

 3.83 

 3.97 

 2.83 

 4.77 



3.69 



3.44 

 3.63 



4.12 

 2 .47 

 3.81 



3.15 

 4.11 

 3.01 

 2.54 

 2.61 

 3.02 

 2.05 

 3.19 

 2.85 

 3.50 

 2.19 



2.92 



3.39 



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