Coastal Backbarrier Dune Flats
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Description
Reference State
The range in reference plant communities is highly mixed due to variations in local conditions such as fluctuating depths to seasonal water table, blowouts, dune migration, distance from salt-spray, and floristic succession. The prevailing plant communities are shrubby, and differ from the more xeric stable dunes by the presence of plants influenced by nearby groundwater – including small amounts of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), smooth [northern] arrow-wood (Viburnum dentatum var. lucidum [= V. recocognitum]), and red maple (Acer rubrum).
• Northern Bayberry Dune Shrubland (Northern Bayberry - Beach Plum Shrubland, [Morella pensylvanica - Prunus maritima Shrubland] – CEGL006295).
Other associated plant communities include:
• North Atlantic Coast Backdune Grassland ((Northern Bayberry) / Shore Little Bluestem - Seaside Three-awn Shrub Grassland, [(Morella pensylvanica) / Schizachyrium littorale - Aristida tuberculosa Shrub Grassland] – CEGL006161)
• Northern Beach-heather Dune Dwarf-shrubland (Woolly Beach-heather - Bearberry Dwarf-shrubland [Hudsonia tomentosa - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Dwarf-shrubland] – CEGL006143), and
• North Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune Vine/shrubland (Cat Greenbrier - Eastern Poison-ivy Vine-Shrubland [Smilax glauca - Toxicodendron radicans Vine-Shrubland] – CEGL003886).
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Invasives e.g. Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergii), beach rose (Rosa rugosa), and Morrows honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii).
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Mechanism
Cutting, land clearing, plant establishment, wind erosion control
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Herbaceous Weed Control |
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Herbaceous weed treatment, plant removal, plant establishment, successional management
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Invasive Plant Species Control |
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Herbaceous Weed Control |
Mechanism
Cutting, land clearing, invasive plant removal, 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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Land Clearing |
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Restoration and Management of Rare and Declining Habitats |
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Restoration and Management of Natural Ecosystems |
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Herbaceous Weed Control |
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