Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Low Terraces and Drains, Occasional Inundation
Scenario model
Current ecosystem state
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Management practices/drivers
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Transition T1A
Clearcut logging or other large-scale disturbances that cause canopy removal.
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Transition T2A
Long-term natural succession.
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No transition or restoration pathway between the selected states has been described
Target ecosystem state
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Description
This mature forest state supports a closed canopy forest dominated by bottomland oaks and other bottomland hardwood species.
Characteristics and indicators
Stands are uneven-aged with at least some old trees present.
Dominant plant species
willow oak (Quercus phellos), tree
overcup oak (Quercus lyrata), tree
green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), tree
American elm (Ulmus americana), tree
swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii), tree
red maple (Acer rubrum), tree
sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), tree
American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), tree
winged elm (Ulmus alata), tree
loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), tree
possumhaw (Ilex decidua), shrub
roundleaf greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia), shrub
common winterberry (Ilex verticillata), shrub
crossvine (Bignonia capreolata), shrub
Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), shrub
trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans), shrub
southern arrowwood (Viburnum recognitum), shrub
climbing dogbane (Trachelospermum difforme), shrub
swamp doghobble (Eubotrys racemosus), shrub
black highbush blueberry (Vaccinium fuscatum), shrub
greenwhite sedge (Carex albolutescens), grass
fringed sedge (Carex crinita), grass
white edge sedge (Carex debilis), grass
blunt broom sedge (Carex tribuloides), grass
cattail sedge (Carex typhina), grass
whitegrass (Leersia virginica), grass
fowl mannagrass (Glyceria striata), grass
slender woodoats (Chasmanthium laxum), grass
Jack in the pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum), grass
lizard's tail (Saururus cernuus), grass
jumpseed (Polygonum virginianum), grass
netted chainfern (Woodwardia areolata), grass
cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea), grass
asplenium ladyfern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides), grass
partridgeberry (Mitchella repens), grass
stiff marsh bedstraw (Galium tinctorium), grass
smallspike false nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica), grass
sphagnum (Sphagnum), grass
Submodel
Description
This successional phase develops in the wake of clearcut logging, storm-related catastrophic tree mortality, or other large-scale disturbances that have led to canopy removal in the recent past. Which species colonize a particular location in the wake of a disturbance does involve a considerable degree of chance. It also depends a great deal on the type, duration, and magnitude of the disturbance event.
Characteristics and indicators
Plant age distribution is usually even.
Submodel
Transition T1A
Clearcut logging or other large-scale disturbances that cause canopy removal.
Mechanism
The reference state can transition to the secondary succession state through clearcut logging or other large-scale disturbances that cause canopy removal.
Model keys
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