Acid Mixed Sedimentary Upland

Description

As a result of a long history of human activity, the associations listed below, may in reality, reflect the current naturalized, minimally-managed state rather than the historic, pre-European settlement condition. Notice transition pathways are not always designated between some of the communities in the reference state because the differences in vegetation are more controlled by landscape position, rather than disturbances or management, or that the relationships are not understood. In addition, undisclosed successional plant community-types following disturbance may be included as community phases.

Within the reference state, the plant communities are quite variable and relate to slope aspect, such as on more exposed southwest aspects:
• Quercus montana - Quercus (alba, coccinea) / Viburnum acerifolium - (Kalmia latifolia) Forest (CEGL5023)
(Translated Name: Chestnut Oak - (White Oak, Scarlet Oak) / Mapleleaf Viburnum - (Mountain Laurel) Forest)
[Common Name: Appalachian Chestnut Oak - Mixed Oak Forest]
Or on more protect northeast aspects,
• Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Quercus montana - Acer saccharum / Lindera benzoin Forest (CEGL002059)
Translated Name: White Oak - Northern Red Oak - Chestnut Oak - Sugar Maple / Northern Spicebush Forest)
Common Name: White Oak - Chestnut Oak - Maple Acidic Forest]
As well as:
• Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Carya tomentosa / Cornus florida Acidic Forest (CEGL002067)
(Translated Name: White Oak - Northern Red Oak - Mockernut Hickory / Flowering Dogwood Acidic Forest)
[Common Name: White Oak - Red Oak Dry-Mesic Acidic Forest]


(Source: NatureServe 2020)

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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.

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Description

The Cultural State would expect the ecological site to be very strongly conditioned by land management, i.e., transformed/converted to cultivated, pasture, or plantation.

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