Well Drained Outwash
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Description
The predominant plant communities of the Well-drained Outwash ecological site Reference State (minimally-managed) include:
• Northeastern Coastal Oak / Heath Forest, (Scarlet Oak - Black Oak / Sassafras / Hillside Blueberry Forest), [Quercus coccinea - Quercus velutina / Sassafras albidum / Vaccinium pallidum Forest], - CEGL006375
Or with greater fire frequency:
• Pitch Pine - Scarlet Oak Woodland, (Pitch Pine - Scarlet Oak / Hillside Blueberry - (Northern Bayberry) Woodland), [Pinus rigida - Quercus coccinea / Vaccinium pallidum - (Morella pensylvanica) Woodland] - CEGL006381.
Other associated coastal/maritime communities can include:
• Coastal Oak / Mountain Laurel Forest, (Black Oak - Scarlet Oak - Chestnut Oak / Mountain Laurel Forest), [Quercus velutina - Quercus coccinea - Quercus montana / Kalmia latifolia Forest], - CEGL006374
• Northeastern Atlantic Coastal Beech - Oak Forest, (American Beech - White Oak - Northern Red Oak Forest), [Fagus grandifolia - Quercus alba - Quercus rubra Forest], - CEGL006377
• Northern Tall Maritime Scrub Forest, (Canadian Serviceberry - Viburnum species - Northern Bayberry Scrub Forest), [Amelanchier canadensis - Viburnum spp. - Morella pensylvanica Scrub Forest], - CEGL006379
• Northeastern Maritime Forest, (Black Cherry - Sassafras - Canadian Serviceberry - Black Oak / Roundleaf Greenbrier Forest0, [Prunus serotina - Sassafras albidum - Amelanchier canadensis - Quercus velutina / Smilax rotundifolia Forest], - CEGL006145
• Maritime Red-cedar Woodland, (Eastern Red-cedar / Northern Bayberry Woodland), [Juniperus virginiana / Morella pensylvanica Woodland], - CEGL006212
• Long Island Maritime Beech Forest, (American Beech / Roundleaf Greenbrier Forest), [Fagus grandifolia / Smilax rotundifolia Forest], - CEGL006043
• Sandplain Heathland, (Black Huckleberry - Lowbush Blueberry - Bearberry / Shore Little Bluestem Dwarf-shrubland), [Gaylussacia baccata - Vaccinium angustifolium - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi / Schizachyrium littorale Dwarf-shrubland], - CEGL006066
• Sandplain Grassland, (Northern Bayberry / Shore Little Bluestem - Poverty Oatgrass Shrub Grassland), [Morella pensylvanica / Schizachyrium littorale - Danthonia spicata Shrub Grassland], - CEGL006067
• Hempstead Plain Grassland, (Little Bluestem - Indiangrass - Common Goldstar - Horseflyweed Grassland), [Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Hypoxis hirsuta - Baptisia tinctoria Grassland], - CEGL006187
• Little Bluestem Old-field Meadow, (Little Bluestem - (Broomsedge Bluestem) - Goldenrod species Ruderal Meadow), [Schizachyrium scoparium - (Andropogon virginicus) - Solidago spp. Ruderal Meadow], - CEGL006333
(Source: NatureServe 2018 [accessed 2019], USNVC 2017 [accessed 2019])
Submodel
Description
Vegetation on lands somewhat conditioned by land use, e.g., managed native plant communities or invasive plant communities.
Submodel
Mechanism
Disturbance, invasive plant establishment
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Forest Land Management |
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Cutting, land clearing, plant establishment, wind erosion control
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Land Clearing |
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Herbaceous weed treatment, plant removal, plant establishment, successional 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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Monitoring and Evaluation |
Mechanism
Cutting, land clearing, plant establishment, wind erosion control
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Land Clearing |
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Invasive Plant Species Control |
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Herbaceous Weed Control |
Mechanism
Herbaceous weed treatment, plant removal, plant establishment, successional management
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Brush 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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Monitoring and Evaluation |
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Herbaceous Weed Control |
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