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........................................ ................................ .................................... .................................... Fig . 7.6. Wad duck 103 Fig . 7.7. Southern red-backed vole 1% Fig . 7.8. Mite-tailed deer 107 Fig . 8.1. Sweet pepperbush 113 Fig . 8.2. Red maple swamp providing open space arnidst residential and industrial development ......................................... 114 Fig .,. 8.3. Southern New England red maple swamp cleared for cranberry bog expansion ........................................... 117 Fig . 8.4. Electric utility lines passing through a former red maple swamp .......... 119 Fig . 8.5. Stormwater discharge in a red maple swamp ..................... 120 Fig . 8.6. Wetland buffer width model developed for wildlife habitat functions in .............................. Rhode Island red maple swamps 126 Table 1.1. Synaptic outline of the physiographic regions of the glaciated Northeast ..... Table 1.2. Climatic data for the northeastern United States. by physiographic region .... Table 1.3. Principal tree species in upland md wetland forests of the glaciated Northeast, by forest region .................................. Table 1.4. Relative abundance of forested wetland and broad-leaved deciduous forested wetland in the glaciated northeastern United States ............... Table 1.5. I'erccrltiige of total land arca in each glaciated northeastern state covered by pnlustri~~r wet. land and by forested wetland ....................... Table 2.1. ICydrogeologic classificatior~ of x~ortheastern inland wetlands ........... Table 2.2. Gentam1 characteristics of red maple forested wetlands studied by O'Brien .... Tablo 2.3. Water regimes of northeastrn red maple swamps ................. Table 2.4. Soil drninage classes ................................. 'ikble 2.5. IIydrc~logic d~aracteristics of seasonally saturated soils from Rhode Island red maple Hwanlps during the growing season ....................... Table 2.6. Percentage of the growing season during which air-filled porosity at a 30-cxn depth was 15% or less in soils from EUlode Island red maple swamps and adjacent upland forests ................................... Table 3.1, Stmttural characteristics of the tree layer in northeastern red rnaple swamps ............................................ Table 3.2. Structural charactfiristics of the shrub and herb layers in nortl~eastern red maple swamps . ........................................ Table 3.3. Flora of red maple swamps in the glaciated Northeast ............... Table 4.1. Soil and water table characteristics of three forested wetland communities at Labrador kIollow S wap in central New York ...................... Table 4.2. Relative abundance of plant species in wetland, transition, and uplarld zones associated with eight red maple swamps in northeastern Connecticut ....... Table 4.3. Wetland indicator categories for plant species that occur in wetlands ....... Tmble 4.4 Frequency of occurrence of major tree, shrub, and herb layer species by soil &&age class in the wetland-upland transition zone of three Rhode Island red mtrple swrunps . ......................................
Table 4.5. Flood tolerance of trees and large skrubs that occur in northeastern red mapleswamps . ........................................ Table 5.1. hual radial growth of red maple trees in relation to surface-water hy&operiod in 10 Lake Chmplailr wetlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 5.2. Mean aboveground biomass values for northeastern red maple swamps . . . . . Table 5.3. Nutrient concentrations in the tissues of red maple trees from New Jersey swamps ............................................ Table 5.4. Nutrient concentrations in litter and surface peat from a Connecticut red mapleswamp ......................................... Table 6.1. Degree of change of southern New England freshwater wetland types during the recent past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 7.1. Use of red maple swamps by amphibians and reptiles in New England . . . . . . Table 7.2. Relative abundance of reptiles and amphibians captured within or immediately adjacent to red maple swamps in New Hampshire and mode Island . . . . Table 7.3. Relative abundance of breeding birds in red maple swamps of the glaciated Northeast ........................................... Table 7.4. Wetland dependence of mammals occurring in red maple swamps of the glaciated Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 7.5. Small-mammal communities in red maple swamps and other habitats of New Jersey and Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 8.1. Examples of gross loss rates for inland vegetated wetlands in the glaciated Northeast ........................................... Table 8.2. Relative importance of various causes of inland wetland loss in southern NewEngland ......................................... Table 8.3. Birds and mammals observed in the transition zone between red maple swamp and upland forest in Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Page 2 and 3: Technical IIbpg~rt Series U.S. Fish
Page 5 and 6: Preface In many areas of the glacia
Page 7 and 8: Acer rubrum (red maple) diagnostic
Page 9 and 10: Zone 111 . St . Lawrence Valley and
Page 11: Fig . 3.7. Red maple swap with unde
Page 15 and 16: Chapter I. Introduction Wetland kbr
Page 17 and 18: Regional Setting throughout the gla
Page 19 and 20: C-J Spruce-Fa Beech-Birch-Maple Mit
Page 21 and 22: Fig. 1.4. The range of red maple (a
Page 23 and 24: ~ b 1.5, h fircort~ of Wet landc Ir
Page 25 and 26: Fig. 22. &~lrit~ve Irtndtici~pe yos
Page 27 and 28: egional groundwakr table by the roc
Page 29 and 30: y e~rr~mtrtm~~,irzst ion. Cat~t,inu
Page 31 and 32: inflow^ Outflows OF SWQ SWI Fig. 25
Page 33 and 34: Fig, 23.6,Soasonally flmded red map
Page 35 and 36: Fig. 27. Water levels in six mode I
Page 37 and 38: The duration of soil saturation has
Page 39 and 40: Organic soils are always very poorl
Page 41 and 42: Chapter 3. The Plant Community The
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Page 47 and 48: Community S tructare Red maple swam
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Page 59 and 60: Zone I II III TV C" Drppnmriad* sp.
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fern moea (?ki.c&inz &limfulum), an
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countered (Table 3.3). The herb lay
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~akareous Seepage Swamps England si
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and globeflower are. listed in four
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was the most likely reason for diff
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kvei fluctuation during the gmwing
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Table 4.2. .Rektit.e ~bmchnce w Q)
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difficuit to delineate in many inst
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in the librature btlx>~ithe moi~ttl
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Origin. an$ Relationship to Water R
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Influence on Swamp Vegetation Flori
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Chapter 5. Ecosystem Processes Irr
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Xletritus Exprort and 'sod Chain Su
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Chapter 6. Wetland Dynamics Most no
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since forested wetland is the endpo
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kettle bogs, lakes, or large rivers
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mmdwakr depression wetlands. Becaus
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(Mniotila varia), regularly breed i
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EXusbtand arid Eddleman (1Y30) quan
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census results. Twenty-five (40%) o
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elated to avian richness and abunda
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Fig. 7.6. Wood duck (Aix sponsa). T
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Table 7.5. Small-mammal communities
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ing the latter years of flowage occ
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Chapter 8. Values, Impacts, and Man
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of the bordering upland. Both studi
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Fig. 8.1. ST folia) in pel fer. .bu
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Table 8.1. Emrnpks ofgmss loss rate
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Fig. 8.3. Southern New England red
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Fig. 8.4. Electric utility lines pa
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e expected to cause more drastic fl
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and enhancement has been a highly c
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y capturing sediment, reducing nutr
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M.R.S.A., Sect. 480.A). Research by
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Broadfoot, W. M., and H. L. Willist
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Fefer, S. I. 1980. me palushe syste
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Jordan, R J. 1978. Glacial geology
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Xew Hampshire Xatural Areas Program
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Ren MAPLE SWAMR 137 Smith, H. 1984.
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Appendix A. Sources of Floristic Da
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Appendix B. Plants of Special Conce
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Appendix B. Continued Species d Car
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Appendix C. Vertebrates That Have B
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Mourning warbler ... Nashville warb
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Appendix D. Vertebrates of Special
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