Rapid Floristic Quality Assessment Manual

This version of the Rapid Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) manual replaces an earlier version released in December 2012. Updates include changing the assessment outcomes from numerical "Biological Condition Gradient (BCG) Tiers" to descriptive "Condition Categories" and updating plant species nomenclature to the US Army Corps of Engineers National Wetland Plant List. Both the Data Form and the Calculator have been updated accordingly to reflect these changes. All other aspects of the Rapid FQA—including the sampling protocol and assessment criteria—are unchanged.