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Scenario model
Current ecosystem state
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Management practices/drivers
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- Transition T1A 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 state is quite variable, containing several plant communities, including:
• Lower New England Oak – Tulip Tree Forest (CEGL008573, formerly CEGL006125(?))
Quercus rubra - Liriodendron tulipifera - Betula lenta Forest
(Translated) Northern Red Oak - Tuliptree - Sweet Birch Forest
• Upland/Wetland Transitional Forest (CEGL006000)
Quercus rubra - Betula alleghaniensis / Osmunda cinnamomea Forest
Translated Name: Northern Red Oak - Yellow Birch / Cinnamon Fern Forest
Northern reaches may include:
• Red Oak - Hemlock - Mixed Hardwood Forest (CEGL006566)
Quercus rubra - Tsuga canadensis - Liriodendron tulipifera / Hamamelis virginiana Forest
(Translated) Northern Red Oak - Eastern Hemlock - Tuliptree / American Witch-hazel Forest
• Transitional Northern Sugar Maple - Ash Rich Mesic Forest (CEGL006637)
Acer saccharum - Tilia americana / Acer pensylvanicum / Caulophyllum thalictroides Forest
(Translated) Sugar Maple - American Basswood / Striped Maple / Blue Cohosh 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
Invasive species removal, native outplanting, restoration management
Model keys
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