Wet Loamy-Mantled Drainageways
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Description
The Reference State for this ecological site still exists in small, isolated pockets. Sites that have never been logged are exceedingly rare on uplands, but they increase in frequency on wetter sites.
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Description
The Cutover State has been largely transformed to the other states: Disturbed/Invaded, Ponded, and Converted. But the native vegetation found on the other sites will be defined in the community phase descriptions of the Cutover State.
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The Disturbed/Invaded State sounds like it's a messy place, but most sites have entered this condition. Population growth and land use legacies have made this happen. Many of our favorite spots are actually sites in the Disturbed/Invaded State, with adjacent patches of the other states found on this site.
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The Ponded State on this site is often the result of indirect or inadvertent additions of water. The temporary ponding in spring, which is common on sites wetter than this site, is only sporadic on this site. It mainly occurs in small patches for short periods on less than half the site. So these naturally-occurring temporarily ponded areas occupy only a small percentage of the overall site, and moreover they don't necessarily occur on every one of these sites. but they worth noting because of their ecological importance and contrasting nature to drier ground around them.
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