Very Dry Sandy Upland Coniferous Forest

Description

This is a dry jack pine - red pine woodland on course textured soils. Sites occur on undulating sandy outwash plains, lake plains, and moraines. Historically, the site was influenced by fire events which occurred approximately every 40-50 years. (MN DNR, 2005).

Dominant plant species

1. jack pine (Pinus banksiana), tree

2. red pine (Pinus resinosa), tree

3. eastern white pine (Pinus strobus), tree

4. white spruce (Picea glauca), tree

5. paper birch (Betula papyrifera), tree

6. quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), tree

7. lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium), shrub

8. serviceberry (Amelanchier), shrub

9. roughleaf ricegrass (Oryzopsis asperifolia), grass

10. Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense), grass

Submodel

Description

Removal of canopy species for timber harvest creates an open canopy and a highly disturbed understory. Shrubs will dominate post logging. A very dense shrub layer can impede tree regeneration. Heavy machinery are a common seed source for non-native species

Dominant plant species

1. serviceberry (Amelanchier), shrub

2. prickly rose (Rosa acicularis), shrub

3. smooth rose (Rosa blanda), shrub

4. beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta), shrub

5. prairie willow (Salix humilis), shrub

6. blueberry (Vaccinium), shrub

7. poverty oatgrass (Danthonia spicata), grass

8. ricegrass (Oryzopsis), grass

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