Ecology of Red Maple Swamps in the Glaciated Northeast: A ...

Fig. 1.1. Broad-leaved deciduous forested wetland dominated by red maple (Acer rubrum).
maple forested wetlands are commonly referred to moet recent, or Wisconsin, glaciation @lint 1971).
as red maple swamps (Golet and Larson 1974), and The region includes New England, all of New York
that more familiar term will be used interchangeably except for a small area along the Bnnsylvania border
with " f d wetland" in this report.
in the western part of the state, northeastern and
For our purpoees, the southern limit of the glaciated northwestern Pennsylvania, and northern New
Northeast coincides with the maximum extent of the Jersey (Fig. 1.2). While red maple swamps occur
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Limit of Wisconsin Glaciot~on
Catskill Mountains
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ig. 1.2. Physiographic regions of the
glaciated Northeast (adapted from
Lull 1968 and Fenneman 1938). The
Catskill Mountains and Connecticut
River valley are shown for reference
pusposes, but are not considered separate
regions.