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, or restored mine spoils. (to be developed)
The Cultural State would expect the ecological site to be strongly conditioned by land management and completely transformed to Cultivated/Pasture/Plantation. (to be developed)
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