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Wet Till Depressions
Scenario model
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Management practices/drivers
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Description
The reference plant community includes:
• Acer rubrum - Fraxinus (pennsylvanica, americana) / Lindera benzoin / Symplocarpus foetidus Swamp Forest
Translated name: Red Maple - (Green Ash, White Ash) / Northern Spicebush / Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest
Common name: Southern New England-Northern Piedmont Red Maple Seepage Swamp Forest (CEGL006406)
• Chamaecyparis thyoides - (Tsuga canadensis, Betula alleghaniensis) / Clethra alnifolia Swamp Forest
Translated Name: Atlantic White-cedar - (Eastern Hemlock, Yellow Birch) / Sweet-pepperbush Swamp Forest
Common Name: Inland Atlantic White-cedar Swamp Forest (CEGL006189)
Other plant communities may include
• Acer rubrum / Ilex mucronata - Vaccinium corymbosum Swamp Forest
Translated Name: Red Maple / Catberry - Highbush Blueberry Swamp Forest
Common Name: Northeast Red Maple Acidic Swamp Forest (CEGL006220)
• Acer rubrum / Rhododendron viscosum - Clethra alnifolia Swamp Forest
Translated Name: Red Maple / Swamp Azalea - Sweet-pepperbush Swamp Forest
Common Name: Lower New England Red Maple Swamp Forest (CEGL006156)
• Liquidambar styraciflua - Acer rubrum - Quercus phellos / Eubotrys racemosa Swamp Forest
Translated Name: Sweetgum - Red Maple - Willow Oak / Swamp Doghobble Swamp Forest
Common Name: Sweetgum - Red Maple Swamp Forest (CEGL6110) NY only
• Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica - Betula alleghaniensis / Sphagnum spp. Swamp Forest
Translated Name: Red Maple - Blackgum - Yellow Birch / Peatmoss species Swamp Forest
Common Name: Red Maple - Blackgum Basin Swamp Forest (CEGL006014)
• Betula alleghaniensis - Acer rubrum - (Tsuga canadensis, Abies balsamea) / Osmunda cinnamomea Swamp Forest
Translated Name: Yellow Birch - Red Maple - (Eastern Hemlock, Balsam Fir) / Cinnamon Fern Swamp Forest
Common Name: Hardwood - Conifer Seepage Forest (CEGL006380)
• Quercus palustris - (Quercus bicolor) - Acer rubrum / Vaccinium corymbosum / Osmunda cinnamomea Wet Forest
Translated Name: Pin Oak - (Swamp White Oak ) - Red Maple / Highbush Blueberry / Cinnamon Fern Wet Forest
Common Name: Northeastern Pin Oak - Swamp White Oak Wet Forest (CEGL006240)
• Chamaecyparis thyoides - (Tsuga canadensis, Betula alleghaniensis) / Clethra alnifolia Swamp Forest
Translated Name: Atlantic White-cedar - (Eastern Hemlock, Yellow Birch) / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush Swamp Forest
Common Name: Inland Atlantic White-cedar Swamp Forest (CEGL006189)
• Chamaecyparis thyoides / Ilex glabra - Rhododendron viscosum Swamp Forest
Translated Name: Atlantic White-cedar / Inkberry - Swamp Azalea Swamp Forest
Common Name: Coastal Plain Atlantic White-cedar Swamp Forest (CEGL006188)
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
Mechanism
altered by human- induced Disturbance or Management
Relevant conservation practices
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Tree/Shrub Establishment |
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Forest Land Management |
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Forest stand improvement for habitat and soil quality |
Mechanism
Plant removals, plantings, Invasive plant control, successional mgmt., forestry practices Restoration & Mgmt, Forest Stand Improvement, Early Successional Habitat Development, Upland Wildlife Mgmt, Invasive spp. Control, Plant establishment
Relevant conservation practices
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Brush Management |
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Tree/Shrub Establishment |
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Early Successional Habitat Development/Management |
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Forest Stand Improvement |
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Restoration and Management of Natural Ecosystems |
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Native Plant Community Restoration and Management |
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Forest Land Management |
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Invasive Plant Species Control |
Mechanism
Land clearing, cutting
Relevant conservation practices
| Practice | External resources |
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Brush Management |
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Land Clearing |
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Herbaceous Weed Control |
Mechanism
Plant removals, plantings, Invasive plant control, successional mgmt., forestry practices Restoration & Mgmt, Forest Stand Improvement, Early Successional Habitat Development, Upland Wildlife Mgmt, Invasive spp. Control, Plant establishment
Relevant conservation practices
| Practice | External resources |
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Restoration and Management of Natural Ecosystems |
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Native Plant Community Restoration and Management |
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