Description: The Saskatchewan Enduring Features are a founding piece to the Representative Areas Network (RAN) and it's goal to identify areas representative of native ecological diversity. The enduring features approach is based on the premise that areas characterized by specific rock, soil and landform patterns are very stable over long periods of time and are likely to be occupied by characteristic plant and animal communities. Application of this coarse filter approach to the selection of areas requires that the characteristics used in defining enduring features be indicative of the composition and diversity of biological communities across landscapes. The Enduring Features dataset is based on the Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC) version 2.1. Four SLC attributes that are ecologically representative were chosen and became known as an Enduring Feature Attribute (EFA). The four attributes are Soil Development (D), Origion of Parent Material (P), Surface Form (L) and Slope (S). These EFA's were then systematically combined to create an identifier for each ecoregion landscape area, known as an Enduring Feature Attribute Group (EFAG). In the table, the EFAG field has a name of D_P_L_S_ for the cencatonation of the four attribute codes. One of the fields also combines the ecoregion code as well. RAN gap analysis use this dataset.
Feature Type: Polygon
Type: FeatureLayer
Display Field: LRA_SYM
Primary Key Field: OBJECTID
Show Map Tips: False
Searchable: True
Identifiable: True
Queryable: True
Can Copy Feature: True
Snappable: True
Snapping Enabled: False
Has Attachments: False
Feature Label: Enduring Features
Feature Description: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ecoregion and DPLS Code:</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> {REGN_D_P_L}</span>
Feature Long Description: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ecoregion and DPLS Code:</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> {REGN_D_P_L}</span>
Feature Zoom Factor: N/A
Feature Zoom Scale: N/A
Feature Border Color: N/A
Feature Border Width: N/A
Feature Fill Color: N/A
Icon: N/A
Include in Layer List: True
Include in Legend: True
Can Toggle Labels: True
Show Labels: True
Allow Symbolization: True
Draw Index: N/A
Legend URL: N/A
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Data Provider: Default
Time Zone ID: N/A
Fields:
OBJECTID (Type: Int32, Visible: False, Searchable: False, Can Symbolize Unique Value: False, Can Symbolize Class Breaks: False, Addressable: True)
LRA_SYM [Landscape Area Code] (Type: String, Visible: True, Searchable: False, Can Symbolize Unique Value: False, Can Symbolize Class Breaks: False, Addressable: True)
ECOREGION [Ecoregion Letter Code] (Type: String, Visible: True, Searchable: False, Can Symbolize Unique Value: False, Can Symbolize Class Breaks: False, Addressable: True)
DEVEL [Soil Development] (Type: String, Visible: True, Searchable: False, Can Symbolize Unique Value: False, Can Symbolize Class Breaks: False, Addressable: True)
PMDEP [Origin of Parent Material] (Type: String, Visible: True, Searchable: False, Can Symbolize Unique Value: False, Can Symbolize Class Breaks: False, Addressable: True)
LOCSF [Surface Form] (Type: String, Visible: True, Searchable: False, Can Symbolize Unique Value: False, Can Symbolize Class Breaks: False, Addressable: True)
SLOPE [Slope] (Type: String, Visible: True, Searchable: False, Can Symbolize Unique Value: False, Can Symbolize Class Breaks: False, Addressable: True)
D_P_L_S [DPLS Code] (Type: String, Visible: True, Searchable: False, Can Symbolize Unique Value: False, Can Symbolize Class Breaks: False, Addressable: True)
REGN_D_P_L [Ecoregion and DPLS Code] (Type: String, Visible: True, Searchable: False, Can Symbolize Unique Value: False, Can Symbolize Class Breaks: False, Addressable: True)
HECTARES (Type: Double, Visible: False, Searchable: False, Can Symbolize Unique Value: False, Can Symbolize Class Breaks: False, Addressable: True)
SHAPE [Shape] (Type: Object, Visible: False, Searchable: False, Can Symbolize Unique Value: False, Can Symbolize Class Breaks: False, Addressable: True)
SHAPE.AREA (Type: Double, Visible: False, Searchable: False, Can Symbolize Unique Value: False, Can Symbolize Class Breaks: False, Addressable: True)
SHAPE.LEN (Type: Double, Visible: False, Searchable: False, Can Symbolize Unique Value: False, Can Symbolize Class Breaks: False, Addressable: True)