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Wisconsin’s Strategy for Wildlife Species of Greatest Conservation Need as well as those species-community combinations within each Ecological Landscape that are considered highest ecological priority. Table 2-1. Natural and surrogate communities in Wisconsin used in this report. Northern Forest natural communities Boreal Forest Northern Dry Forest Northern Dry-Mesic Forest Northern Mesic Forest Northern Wet-Mesic Forest Northern Wet Forest Northern Hardwood Swamp Open and Shrub Wetland natural communities Alder Thicket Bog Relict Boreal Rich Fen Calcareous Fen Coastal Plain Marsh Ephemeral Pond Great Lakes Coastal Fen Interdunal Wetland Northern Sedge Meadow Open Bog Shrub Carr Southern Sedge Meadow Aquatic natural communities Emergent Aquatic Emergent Aquatic-Wild Rice Submergent Aquatic Submergent Aquatic-Oligotrophic Marsh Natural communities based on geologic features Algific Talus Slope Alkaline Clay Bluff Alvar Bedrock Glade Dry Cliff Forested Ridge and Swale Great Lakes Rockshore Great Lakes Beach Great Lakes Dune Inland Beach Moist Cliff Page 2-8 Southern Forest natural communities Hemlock Relict Pine Relict Central Sands Pine-Oak Forest Southern Dry Forest Southern Dry-Mesic Forest Southern Mesic Forest Southern Tamarack Swamp White Pine-Red Maple Swamp Floodplain Forest Southern Hardwood Swamp Oak Savanna natural communities Cedar Glade Oak Opening Oak Woodland Oak/Pine Barrens natural communities Great Lakes Barrens Oak Barrens Pine Barrens Grassland natural communities Bracken Grassland Sand Prairie Dry Prairie Dry-Mesic Prairie Mesic Prairie Wet-Mesic Prairie Wet Prairie Hydrologic-based natural communities Coldwater Streams Coolwater Streams Lake Michigan Lake Superior Impoundments/Reservoirs Inland Lakes Warmwater Rivers Warmwater Streams Surrogate communities Surrogate Grassland (e.g., Conservation Reserve Program, pasture, hay, etc.)
Wisconsin’s Strategy for Wildlife Species of Greatest Conservation Need Table 2-2. Opportunities for sustaining Wisconsin’s natural communities by Ecological Landscape. Superior Coastal Plain* Northwest Lowlands Northwest Sands* North Central Forest* Northern Highland* Forest Transition* Northeast Sands Northern Lake Mich. Central Coastal* Lake Mich. Western Coastal* Prairie Western Coulee and Southwest Ridges* Savanna Central Sand Plains Central Sand Hills* Southeast Glacial Plains Southern Lake Mich. Coastal Northern Boreal Forest 3 2 2 1 1 2 Forest Northern Dry Forest 2 1 3 1 2 3 2 2 1 Communities Northern Dry-Mesic Forest 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 Northern Hardwood Swamp 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 Northern Mesic Forest (1) 2 2 1 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 Northern Wet-Mesic Forest 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 Northern Wet Forest (2) 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 Southern Central Sands Pine – Oak Forest 3 3 Forest Floodplain Forest 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 3 2 3 1 Communities Hemlock Relict 3 1 1 Pine Relict 3 2 1 Southern Dry Forest 1 3 2 2 3 3 2 Southern Dry-Mesic Forest 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 Southern Hardwood Swamp 1 1 2 2 Southern Mesic Forest 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 Southern Tamarack Swamp 2 2 2 3 2 White Pine – Red Maple Swamp 3 Oak Savanna Cedar Glade 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 Communities Oak Opening 2 3 3 1 3 2 Oak Woodland 2 3 3 1 1 3 1 Barrens Great Lakes Barrens 3 1 Communities Oak Barrens 3 3 2 Pine Barrens 3 1 3 2 3 2 Grassland Bracken Grassland 2 3 Communities Dry-Mesic Prairie 2 3 3 2 1 3 1 Dry Prairie 2 3 3 2 2 3 Mesic Prairie 3 2 3 1 1 3 2 Sand Prairie (3) 2 3 1 3 2 1 Wet-Mesic Prairie 2 2 1 3 3 3 Wet Prairie 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 Open and Alder Thicket 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 Shrub Bog Relict 1 1 2 3 2 Wetland Boreal Rich Fen 2 2 2 3 Communities Calcareous Fen (Southern) 1 1 3 3 2 Coastal Plain Marsh 2 3 Ephemeral Pond 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 Interdunal Wetland 3 1 2 Northern Sedge Meadow 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 2 Open Bog (4) 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 Shore Fen 3 2 Shrub Carr 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 3 1 3 3 3 2 Southern Sedge Meadow 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 Page 2-9
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