Choppy Sands
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Heavy continuous season-long grazing will greatly reduce vegetation cover and lead this site across a threshold to a plant community with much greater bare ground and pioneer species. The result may be an active blowout.
Mechanism
Severe disturbance, or long-term non-use will shift this plant community to the Degraded State.
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Severe disturbance, or long-term non-use will shift this plant community to the Degraded State.
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Severe disturbance, or long-term non-use will shift this plant community to the Degraded State.
Mechanism
Removing disturbances that led to this plant community and critical area treatment (i.e., use of mulch and seeding) this plant community may eventually progress through succession back to a plant community resembling the Bluestem/Prairie Sandreed/Needleandthread Plant Community.
Mechanism
Under long-term prescribed grazing (10+ years), including adequate rest periods, succession will progress potentially leading to the Bluestem/Prairie Sandreed/Needleandthread Plant Community. The slope, aspect, size and relative abundance of perennial plants will influence the rate that change will occur.
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