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Batture - Frequently Flooded Pointbars, Sandbars, and Splays
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Current ecosystem state
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Management practices/drivers
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Transition T 1-2
Wind or water force causing canopy gaps or removal of vegetation.
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Transition T 1-3
Erosion or soil surface
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Transition T 2-1
Regeneration of woody species.
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Transition T 2-3
Erosion of Soil Surface
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Transition T 3-2
Accumulation of sediment.
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No transition or restoration pathway between the selected states has been described
Target ecosystem state
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Dominant plant species
black willow (Salix nigra), tree
sandbar willow (Salix interior), tree
eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides), tree
Submodel
Description
This state consists of forest canopy openings that are created by catastrophic disturbances, allowing sunlight to reach understory strata and ground surfaces. Depending on local conditions and disturbance regime and intensity, a continuum or range of successional stages and community structure (physiognomy) is represented. Provisionally, this state includes seral stages ranging from recent disturbances that consist mainly of sparse herbaceous cover over mostly bare soil to the regeneration of woody species among a dense herbaceous cover (early stand initiation stage) to the initial stem exclusion stage where woody growth overtops and shades out the herbaceous stratum. In future ecological site development efforts, multiple community phases that describe the composition and progression from one stage to the next may be warranted for specifying management strategies and actions.
Submodel
Mechanism
Wind or water force causing canopy gaps or removal of vegetation.
Mechanism
Wind or water force eroding soil surface removal of vegetation and allowing water to cover the soil, other than by normal river stages.
Mechanism
Regeneration or growth of woody species.
Mechanism
Erosion of soil surface allowing water to cover the soil, other than by normal river stages.
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