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Very Wet Inland Lake Plain
Scenario model
Current ecosystem state
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Management practices/drivers
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No transition or restoration pathway between the selected states has been described
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Description
Note: The reference plant communities for this ecological site is highly variable:
• 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 plant communities may occur:
• Red Maple- Blackgum Basin Swamp Forest
Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica - Betula alleghaniensis / Sphagnum spp. Swamp Forest
(Translated) Red Maple - Blackgum - Yellow Birch / Peatmoss species Swamp Forest
• Northeast Red Maple Acidic Swamp Forest (CEGL006220)
Acer rubrum / Ilex mucronata - Vaccinium corymbosum Swamp Forest
(Translated) Red Maple / Mountain Holly - Highbush Blueberry Swamp Forest
• Lower New England Red Maple Swamp Forest (CEGL006156)
Acer rubrum / Rhododendron viscosum - Clethra alnifolia Swamp Forest
(Translated) Red Maple / Swamp Azalea - Coastal Sweet-pepperbush Swamp Forest
• Southern New England Threeway Sedge Fen (CEGL006131)
Dulichium arundinaceum / Sphagnum spp. Fen
(Translated) Threeway Sedge / Peatmoss species Fen
• Eastern Cattail Marsh (CEGL006153)
Typha (angustifolia, latifolia) - (Schoenoplectus spp.) Eastern Marsh
(Translated) Narrowleaf Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail) - (Bulrush species) Eastern Marsh
A local variant plant community may be found:
• Silky Willow Shrub Swamp (CEGL006305)
Salix sericea Shrub Swamp
(Translated) Silky Willow Shrub Swamp
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
Restoration & Mgmt, Forest Stand Improvement, Early Successional Habitat Development, Upland Wildlife Mgmt, Invasive spp. Control, Plant establishment
Mechanism
Restoration & Mgmt, Forest Stand Improvement, Early Successional Habitat Development, Upland Wildlife Mgmt, Invasive spp. Control, Plant establishment
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