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Coastal Dune (reserved)
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Description
This ecological site is characterized by a mix of xeric plant communities coinciding Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale system (CES203.264) (NatureServe 2022).
The predominant reference plant community is largely herbaceous:
• Northern Beachgrass Dune, (American Beachgrass - Beach Pea Grassland, [Ammophila breviligulata Grassland] - CEGL006274); and under stable dune conditions, it may succeed to shrublands, predominantly:
• Northern Bayberry Dune Shrubland (Northern Bayberry - BeachPlum Shrubland, [Morella pensylvanica - Prunus maritima Shrubland] – CEGL006295).
Other less common associated plant communities include:
• Northern Beach-heather Dune Dwarf-shrubland (Woolly Beach-heather - Bearberry Dwarf-shrubland [Hudsonia tomentosa - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Dwarf-shrubland] – CEGL006143), and
• Pitch Pine Maritime Dune Woodland (Pitch Pine / Woolly Beach-heather Woodland [Pinus rigida / Hudsonia tomentosa Woodland] - (CEGL006117).
[Source: NatureServe 2022, USNVC 2022]
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Description
Semi-natural dunescapes may be dominated by occasional non-native plants including dustymiller/oldwoman (Aretemisia stelleriana), rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa), and Morrow's honeysuckle (Lonicer morrowii).
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Herbaceous weed treatment, plant removal, plant establishment, successional management American beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata) plugs generally planted on a grid (0.5 m on center?)
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