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Ecological site F144AY017NH
Well Drained Lake Plain
Last updated: 5/01/2019
Accessed: 05/04/2024
General information
Provisional. A provisional ecological site description has undergone quality control and quality assurance review. It contains a working state and transition model and enough information to identify the ecological site.
Ecological site concept
This site consists of deep, well-drained soils formed in silty, clayey lacustrine or marine deposits situated on nearly level plains. Representative soil is Suffield.
The reference community is the “mesic Appalachian oak-hickory forest” that contains a broad diversity of trees dominated by oaks (red, black, and white), red maple, shagbark hickory, white ash, and white pine with a sparse shrub layer of mapleleaf viburnum and beaked hazelnut, and with an moderate understory of herbs, such as indian cucumberroot, starflower, Canada mayflower and ferns such as, New York fern and hayscented fern.
Table 1. Dominant plant species
Tree |
(1) Quercus rubra |
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Shrub |
(1) Carya ovalis |
Herbaceous |
(1) Trientalis borealis |
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