Sandy Low Floodplain
Scenario model
Current ecosystem state
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Management practices/drivers
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- Transition T1A More details
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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 varies with the size of the river system. On larger 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).
On smaller river systems the predominant reference community is:
• Pin Oak Small River Floodplain Forest (CEGL006185),
Quercus palustris - Acer rubrum / Carex grayi - Geum canadense Wet Forest,
([Translated] Pin Oak - Red Maple / Gray's Sedge - White Avens Wet Forest);
Other plant communities include:
• Red Maple Floodplain Forest (CEGL006503),
Acer rubrum - Prunus serotina / Cornus amomum Floodplain Forest,
([Translated] Red Maple - Black Cherry / Silky Dogwood Floodplain Forest);
• Riverine Floodplain Forest (Early-Successional Type) (CEGL006036)
Platanus occidentalis - Fraxinus pennsylvanica Floodplain Forest
([Translated] American Sycamore - Green Ash 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
Description
Changing agricultural phases
Characteristics and indicators
The Cultural State would expect the ecological site to be very strongly conditioned by land management conversion, by transformation to Cultivated/Pasture/Plantation.
Submodel
Mechanism
Disturbance, Forest mgmt.
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/cutting/clearing
Relevant conservation practices
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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 |
Mechanism
Disturbance/cutting/clearing
Relevant conservation practices
| Practice | External resources |
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Brush Management |
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Land Clearing |
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Invasive Plant Species 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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