Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Cool Wet Sandy Depression
Scenario model
Current ecosystem state
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Management practices/drivers
Select a transition or restoration pathway
- Transition T1A More details
- Transition T1B More details
- Transition T1C More details
- Restoration pathway R2 More details
- Transition T2A More details
- Transition T2B More details
- Restoration pathway R3 More details
- Transition T3A More details
- Transition T3B More details
- Restoration pathway R4 More details
- Transition T4A More details
- Transition T4B More details
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No transition or restoration pathway between the selected states has been described
Target ecosystem state
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Description
The Reference State consists of plant-community-types in settings where natural ecological processes are operating that are unmanaged or only minimally-managed by land-use conditioning, e.g., ranging from old-growth plant community-types (sometimes construed as mature, or pre-settlement vegetation) to inherent transitional ruderal plant community-type phases.
Dominant plant species
eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), tree
yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis), tree
spinulose woodfern (Dryopteris carthusiana), grass
Submodel
Communities 2 and 5 (additional pathways)
1.2. Wet Meadow
1.5. Inundated Shrub Swamp
Description
The Cultural State includes settings where natural ecological processes are absent or eclipsed by significant land-use conditioning and the conversion/transformation of plant cover is considered as Cultivated/Pasture/Plantation.
Submodel
Description
The Semi-natural Drained State consists of plant community-types in settings where natural ecological processes are primarily still operating but with effects of drainage in the past or present.
Submodel
Description
The Semi-natural State consists of plant community-types in settings where natural ecological processes are primarily still operating but with some land-use conditioning in the past or present, e.g., varieties of managed sites with replacement plant community-types such as results of harvests or planting, or settings that possess a significant artifact of land management e.g., predominately invasive plants.
Submodel
Mechanism
Restore hydrology; remove domesticated species; restore native species.
Relevant conservation practices
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Brush Management |
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Restoration and Management of Rare and Declining Habitats |
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Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management |
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Wetland Restoration |
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Herbaceous Weed Control |
Mechanism
Restore hydrology; abandon; succession.
Relevant conservation practices
| Practice | External resources |
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Wetland Restoration |
Mechanism
Restore hydrology; control invasive species; restore native species
Relevant conservation practices
| Practice | External resources |
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Brush Management |
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Restoration and Management of Rare and Declining Habitats |
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Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management |
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Wetland Restoration |
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Herbaceous Weed Control |
Mechanism
Restore hydrology.
Relevant conservation practices
| Practice | External resources |
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Wetland Restoration |
Mechanism
Control invasive species; restore native species.
Relevant conservation practices
| Practice | External resources |
|---|---|
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Brush Management |
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Restoration and Management of Rare and Declining Habitats |
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Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management |
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Herbaceous Weed Control |
Model keys
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