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Current ecosystem state
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Management practices/drivers
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Transition T1B
Impoundment of water on-site, maintenance of water on-site, and/or establishment of invasive species
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Transition T1C
Tile drainage, tilling, seeding, herbicide
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Transition T2A
Tile drainage, tilling, seeding, herbicide.
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No transition or restoration pathway between the selected states has been described
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Description
This community is dominated by fine-leaved sedges, graminoids, and shrubs. Soils are mucky peat or peat.
Dominant plant species
tamarack (Larix laricina), tree
black spruce (Picea mariana), tree
bog birch (Betula pumila), shrub
leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata), shrub
woollyfruit sedge (Carex lasiocarpa), grass
bluejoint (Calamagrostis canadensis), grass
Submodel
Description
The plant community is still an open peatland dominated by shrubs and graminoids; however, invasive species are now present on site and will increase with the absence of management inputs.
Dominant plant species
bluejoint (Calamagrostis canadensis), grass
sedge (Carex), grass
reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea), grass
American white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata), grass
watershield (Brasenia schreberi), grass
pondweed (Potamogeton), grass
Submodel
Description
Annual Crops
Dominant plant species
corn (Zea mays), grass
soybean (Glycine max), grass
Submodel
Transition T1B
Impoundment of water on-site, maintenance of water on-site, and/or establishment of invasive species
Mechanism
Impoundment of water on-site, maintenance of water on-site, and/or establishment of invasive species.
Mechanism
Tile drainage, tilling, seeding, herbicide.
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