Coarse Terrace and Plain

Description

As a result of a long history of human activity, the associations listed below, may in reality, reflect the current naturalized, minimally-managed state rather than the historic, pre-European settlement condition. Notice transition pathways are not always designated between some of the communities in the reference state because the differences in vegetation are more controlled by landscape position, rather than disturbances or management, or that the relationships are not understood. In addition, undisclosed successional plant community-types following disturbance may be included as community phases.


Within the reference state, the plant communities are quite variable and may include:
• Quercus (velutina, alba) / Vaccinium pallidum / Pteridium aquilinum Allegheny Plateau-Northeast Forest (CEGL006018)
(Translated Name: (Black Oak, White Oak) / Blue Ridge Blueberry / Western Brackenfern Allegheny Plateau-Northeast Forest)
[Common Name: Allegheny Plateau-Northeast Oak Forest]; or
• Quercus velutina - Quercus alba - Carya (glabra, ovata) Forest (CEGL002076)
(Translated Name: Black Oak - White Oak - (Pignut Hickory, Shagbark Hickory) Forest)
[Common Name: Black Oak - White Oak - Hickory Forest]

A less common plant community may include:
• Pinus virginiana - Pinus (rigida, echinata) - (Quercus montana) / Vaccinium pallidum Forest (CEGL007119)
(Translated Name: Virginia Pine - (Pitch Pine, Shortleaf Pine) - (Chestnut Oak) / Blue Ridge Blueberry Forest)
[Common Name: Appalachian Low-Elevation Mixed Pine / Blue Ridge Blueberry Forest]

(Source: NatureServe 2020)

Submodel

Description

The Semi-natural State would expect plant communities where ecological processes are primarily operating with some land conditioning in the past or present, e.g., managed forests, or plant communities that are an artifact of land management e.g., predominately invasive plants.

Submodel

Description

The Cultural State would expect the ecological site to be very strongly conditioned by land management, i.e., transformed/converted to cultivated, pasture, or plantation.

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