Well Drained Eolian Outwash
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Description
The representative plant communities are “red oak – mapleleaf viburnum forests” (Metzler and Barrett 2006), white oak / laurel forests (Enser et al 2011, Edinger et al. 2014) and open sites include big bluestem - indian grass (Metzler and Barrett 2006) or "cultural grassland” (Swain and Kearsley 2001); and "oldfield" (Edinger et al. 2014).
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
Restoration and management, forest stand improvement, early successional habitat development, upland wildlife management, invasive species control, plant establishment
Mechanism
Restoration and management, forest stand improvement, early successional habitat development, upland wildlife management, invasive species control, plant establishment
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