The reference state is quite variable and may include:
• Northeast Red Maple Acidic Swamp Forest (CEGL006220)
Acer rubrum / Ilex mucronata - Vaccinium corymbosum Swamp Forest
(Translated) Red Maple / Mountain Holly - Highbush Blueberry Swamp Forest
Other plant communities may include:
• Red Maple- Blackgum Basin Swamp Forest (CEGL006014)
Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica - Betula alleghaniensis / Sphagnum spp. Swamp Forest
(Translated) Red Maple - Blackgum - Yellow Birch / Peatmoss species Swamp Forest
• Southern New England-Northern Piedmont Red Maple Seepage Swamp Forest (CEGL006406)
Acer rubrum - Fraxinus (pennsylvanica, americana) / Lindera benzoin / Symplocarpus foetidus Swamp Forest
(Translated) Red Maple - (Green Ash, White Ash) / Northern Spicebush / Skunk-cabbage Swamp Forest
Other less common plant communities are:
• Northeastern Pin Oak - Swamp White Oak Wet Forest (CEGL 006240)
Quercus palustris - (Quercus bicolor) - Acer rubrum / Vaccinium corymbosum / Osmunda cinnamomea Wet Forest
(Translated) Pin Oak - (Swamp White Oak ) - Red Maple / Highbush Blueberry / Cinnamon Fern Wet Forest
• Northeast Red Maple Acidic Swamp Forest (CEGL006220)
Acer rubrum / Ilex mucronata - Vaccinium corymbosum Swamp Forest
(Translated) Red Maple / Catberry - Highbush Blueberry Swamp Forest
• Red Maple / Upright Sedge Wet Woodland (CEGL006119)
Acer rubrum / Carex stricta - Onoclea sensibilis Wet Woodland
(Translated) Red Maple / Upright Sedge - Sensitive Fern Wet Woodland
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.
The Cultural State is a completely converted or transformed state, heavily or completely conditioned by land management, e.g., cultivated lands, pasture/haylands, vineyards, and plantations, etc.
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