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Scenario model
Current ecosystem state
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Management practices/drivers
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- Restoration pathway R2A More details
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- Restoration pathway R3A More details
- Transition T3A 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 plant community-type is:
• Southern New England-Northern Piedmont Red Maple Seepage Swamp Forest (CEGL006406)
Acer rubrum - Fraxinus (pennsylvanica, americana) / Lindera benzoin / Symplocarpus foetidus Swamp Forest
(Translated) Red Maple - (Green Ash, White Ash) / Northern Spicebush / Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest
Other less common plant communities are:
• Northeastern Pin Oak - Swamp White Oak Wet Forest (CEGL 006240)
Quercus palustris - (Quercus bicolor) - Acer rubrum / Vaccinium corymbosum / Osmunda cinnamomea Wet Forest
(Translated) Pin Oak - (Swamp White Oak ) - Red Maple / Highbush Blueberry / Cinnamon Fern Wet Forest
• Northeastern Pin Oak - Swamp White Oak Wet Forest (CEGL 006240)
Quercus palustris - (Quercus bicolor) - Acer rubrum / Vaccinium corymbosum / Osmunda cinnamomea Wet Forest
(Translated) Pin Oak - (Swamp White Oak ) - Red Maple / Highbush Blueberry / Cinnamon Fern Wet Forest
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
Disturbance, 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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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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