Windy coastal stabilized dunelands and mountain slopes

Description

The dynamics described below are general to the level that the site concept has been developed for provisional ecological site concept identification and further investigation purposes only. It is meant to give a general overview of the ecological dynamics of the system and should not be viewed as a model for a specific ecological site level management. It is supported by the current available literature that was reviewed for a general understanding of the system and basic understanding of the abiotic and biotic drivers. Further investigations and soil-site data collection and analysis should be conducted before specific land management can be applied at the ecological site specific scale. This STM only serves to explain the general ecology and dynamics. No alternative states were found during the literature review, however that does not mean they do not exist and more time should be spent determining whether or not this model captures all the dynamics of this system, especially once more is known about the soil-site characteristics of this LRU and ecological site concept.

Reference State (State 1) – This reference state includes the generally single-aged stands of bishop pine with an understory comprised of shrubs, and the post-fire community that is dominated by rapidly resprouting shrubs and bishop pine seedlings. Dense pine patches alternate with dense stands of blue blossom and the rare Marin manzanita. Over time, young forests self-thin, giving way to mature forests mixed with hardwoods, and swordfern.

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