Sandy High Floodplain
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Current ecosystem state
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Management practices/drivers
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No transition or restoration pathway between the selected states has been described
Target ecosystem state
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Description
The reference community occurs on active sandy high floodplain terraces. The predominant plant community is:
Terrace Hardwood Floodplain Forest (CEGL006114),
• Acer saccharum - Fraxinus spp. - Tilia americana / Matteuccia struthiopteris - Ageratina altissima Floodplain Forest
([translated] Sugar Maple - Ash species - American Basswood / Ostrich Fern - White Snakeroot Floodplain Forest)
And may grade into:
• Silver Maple Floodplain Levee Forest (CEGL006147)
Acer saccharinum - (Populus deltoides) / Matteuccia struthiopteris - Laportea canadensis Floodplain Forest
([translated] Silver Maple - (Eastern Cottonwood) / Ostrich Fern - Canadian Woodnettle Floodplain Forest)
On Medium to smaller river systems the predominant plant community is:
• Northeastern Silver Maple - Elm Floodplain Forest (CEGL006001),
Acer saccharinum - Ulmus americana / Onoclea sensibilis Floodplain Forest,
([Translated] Silver Maple - American Elm / Sensitive Fern Floodplain Forest)
Submodel
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.
Submodel
Mechanism
altered by Disturbance or Management
Relevant conservation practices
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Tree/Shrub Establishment |
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Forest Stand Improvement |
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Forest Land Management |
Mechanism
Disturbance, clearing, cutting
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Brush Management |
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Land Clearing |
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Herbaceous Weed Control |
Mechanism
Plant removals, plantings, Invasive plant control, successional mgmt., forestry practices
Restoration & Mgmt, Forest Stand Improvement, Early Successional Habitat Development, Upland Wildlife Mgmt, Invasive spp. Control, Plant establishment
Relevant conservation practices
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Early Successional Habitat Development/Management |
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Restoration and Management of Natural Ecosystems |
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Native Plant Community Restoration and Management |
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Forest Land Management |
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Invasive Plant Species Control |
Mechanism
Disturbance, clearing, cutting
Relevant conservation practices
| Practice | External resources |
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Brush Management |
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Land Clearing |
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Herbaceous Weed Control |
Mechanism
Plant removals, plantings, Invasive plant control, successional mgmt., forestry practices
Restoration & Mgmt, Forest Stand Improvement, Early Successional Habitat Development, Upland Wildlife Mgmt, Invasive spp. Control, Plant establishment
Relevant conservation practices
| Practice | External resources |
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Early Successional Habitat Development/Management |
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Restoration and Management of Natural Ecosystems |
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Native Plant Community Restoration and Management |
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Forest Land Management |
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Invasive Plant Species Control |
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