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Appendix 3Lower New England\Northern PiedmontCommunity Associations arranged by group type, subregion, and subsection with distribution and goalsLNP Major GroupLNP Sub-GroupLNP ScaleLNP DistrGOALElCodeGnameTrans221Db221Da221Dc221Am221Ba221Bc221Bb221Ae221Af221Ag221Ah221Ai221AlM212CbM212CcM212BbM212BdM212BcFloodplain Forest &Woodland SP R?© 25 CEGL006185 Pin Oak - Red Maple / Gray's Sedge - Canada Avens ForestFloodplain Forest &Woodland SP W 6 CEGL006176 Silver Maple / False-nettle ForestFloodplain Forest &Woodland SP/LP W 6 CEGL006147 Silver Maple - Cottonwood / Ostrich Fern ForestFloodplain Forest &Woodland SP/LP W? 6 CEGL006036 Sycamore - Green Ash ForestFloodplain Forest &Woodland SP? L 13 CEGL006184 River Birch - Sycamore / Yellow Jewelweed ForestMarsh & Wet Meadow SP W 6 CEGL006275 (Softstem Bulrush, Hardstem Bulrush) Eastern Herbaceous VegetationMarsh & Wet Meadow SP W 6 CEGL005174 Canada Reedgrass Eastern Herbaceous Vegetation 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2Marsh & Wet Meadow SP/LP W 6 CEGL006153(Narrowleaf Cattail, Common Cattail) - (Bulrush species) Eastern HerbaceousVegetation 1 1 2 1 2Marsh &Wet Meadow SP W 6 CEGL004121 Tussock Sedge Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Vegetation 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1Other SP W 6 CEGL006193 Golden-saxifrage Herbaceous VegetationPalustrine Forest &Woodland LP L 9 CEGL006189 Atlantic White Cedar / Winterberry Forest 0 0 0 0Palustrine Forest &Woodland LP L 9 CEGL006396 Red Maple - (Atlantic White Cedar) / Great Rhododendron Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Palustrine Forest &Woodland LP L 9 CEGL006207Atlantic White Cedar - Red Maple Lower New England, Northern PiedmontForestPalustrine Forest &Woodland LP L? 9 CEGL006156 Red Maple - Black Gum / Swamp Azalea - Sweet Pepperbush Forest 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 0Palustrine Forest &Woodland LP P 3 CEGL006188 Atlantic White Cedar / Inkberry Forest 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0Palustrine Forest &Woodland LP W 5 CEGL006226 Eastern Hemlock - Yellow Birch / Winterberry / Peatmoss spp. ForestPalustrine Forest &Woodland LP? L/W 9 CEGL006406 Red Maple - Green Ash, White Ash / Spicebush / Skunk Cabbage Forest 2 2 0 2 2 2Palustrine Forest &Woodland SP ?© 0:00 CEGL006380 Eastern Hemlock - Red Maple - Yellow Birch / Cinnamon Fern ForestPalustrine Forest &Woodland SP L 13 CEGL006395 Red maple \ speckled alder - winterberry / royal fern Woodland 0 0 0 0Palustrine Forest &Woodland SP L 13 CEGL006364Atlantic White Cedar - Acer rubrum / Highbush Blueberry / Marsh St. JohnswortForestPalustrine Forest &Woodland SP L 13 CEGL006363Atlantic White Cedar - Red Spruce / Black Huckleberry / Creeping SnowberryForestPalustrine Forest &Woodland SP L 13 CEGL006321 Atlantic White Cedar / Leatherleaf Woodland 1 1 2 1 2Palustrine Forest &Woodland SP L 13 CEGL006312 Red Spruce - Balsam Fir / Creeping Teaberry / Peatmoss spp. Forest 2 2 1Palustrine Forest &Woodland SP L 13 CEGL006311 Red Spruce - Balsam Fir / Magellan Peatmoss ForestPalustrine Forest &Woodland SP L/W 5 CEGL006118 Red Maple - Tamarack / Alderleaf Buckthorn WoodlandPalustrine Forest &Woodland SP L? 13 CEGL006220 Black Ash - Red Maple / Mountain Holly - Highbush Blueberry Forest 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 2Palustrine Forest &Woodland SP L? 13 CEGL006240 Pin Oak - Red Maple / Cinnamon Fern Forest9/20/2000 CONFIDENTIAL DRAFT 2
Appendix 3Lower New England\Northern PiedmontCommunity Associations arranged by group type, subregion, and subsection with distribution and goalsLNP Major GroupLNP Sub-GroupLNP ScaleLNP DistrGOALElCodeGnameTrans221Db221Da221Dc221Am221Ba221Bc221Bb221Ae221Af221Ag221Ah221Ai221AlM212CbM212CcM212BbM212BdM212BcPalustrine Forest &Woodland SP L© 13 CEGL006194 Pitch Pine / Leatherleaf / Peatmoss species Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1Palustrine Forest &Woodland SP P 3 CEGL006279 Eastern Hemlock / Great Rhododendron / Peatmoss spp. Forest 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2Palustrine Forest &Woodland SP P 3 CEGL006110 Sweetgum - Red Maple - Willow Oak / Swamp Fetterbush ForestPalustrine Forest &Woodland SP P 3 CEGL006238 Red Maple - Blackgum - Sweetbay ForestPalustrine Forest &Woodland SP W 6 CEGL006168 Black Spruce - Larch / Sheep laurel / Sphagnum Forest 0 0 0 0 2 2Palustrine Forest &Woodland SP W 6 CEGL006241 Swamp White Oak / Highbush Blueberry / Stalkgrain Sedge ForestPalustrine Forest &Woodland SP W 6 CEGL006014 Red Maple - Black Gum - Yellow Birch / Sphagnum Forest 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1Palustrine Forest &Woodland SP W? 6 CEGL006007 Northern White Cedar / Stairstep Moss ForestPalustrine Forest &Woodland SP/LP L 13 CEGL006355 Atlantic White Cedar / Great Laurel Forest 0 0 1 0 2Palustrine Forest &Woodland SP/LP L 13 CEGL006078 Atlantic White Cedar - Red Maple - Sweet Bay ForestPalustrine Forest &Woodland SP/LP L/W 13 CEGL006198 Red Spruce - Red Maple / Mountain Holly Forest 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 2Palustrine Forest &Woodland SP/LP W 6 CEGL006009 Black Ash - Red Maple - (Tamarack) / American Alder-buckthorn Forest 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Palustrine Forest &Woodland SP/LP W 6 CEGL006119 Red Maple / Tussock Sedge - Sensitive Fern WoodlandPalustrine Forest &Woodland SP/LP W 6 CEGL002482 WHITE PINE - (RED MAPLE) / ROYAL FERN SPP. FORESTPalustrine Forest &Woodland SP? L/P 0:00 CEGL007441 Black Ash - Red Maple Saturated ForestPalustrine Forest &Woodland SP? L/P 0:00 CEGL006199 Northern White Cedar - Red Maple / Red-Osier Dogwood Forest**more than one group(Shrub Swamp, Bog &Acidic Fen) SP W 6 CEGL003908 Buttonbush Semipermanently Flooded Shrubland 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2Pond & Lake SP L 13 CEGL006243 Canary Reedgrass - Matting Rosette Grass Herbaceous Vegetation 0 0 0 0Pond & Lake SP L/P 0:00 CEGL006300 Virginia Meadowbeauty - Crotalaria Herbaceous Vegetation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Pond & Lake SP L/P 0:00 CEGL006086 White Waterlily - Robbins Spikerush Herbaceous VegetationPond & Lake SP L/P 0:00 CEGL006035 Swamp-candles - Threeway Sedge Herbaceous VegetationPond & Lake SP P 6 CEGL006261(Blunt Spikerush, Yellow Spikerush) - Seven-angle Pipewort HerbaceousVegetationPickerelweed - Green Arrow-arum Semipermanently Flooded HerbaceousPond & Lake SP W 6 CEGL004291 Vegetation 1 1 1 1 1Ridgetop/ RockySummit LP W 5 CEGL006116 Pitch pine / Black chokeberry woodland 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 0Ridgetop/ RockySummit SP ?© 0:00 CEGL006180 Eastern Red-cedar - Hop Hornbeam / Bristleleaf Sedge WoodlandRidgetop/ RockySummit SP L 13 CEGL006047Eastern Red-cedar - Hop Hornbeam / Sideoats Grama Wooded HerbaceousVegetationRidgetop/ RockyEastern Redcedar - White Ash / Northern Oatgrass / Canada BluegrassSummit SP L© 13 CEGL006002 Woodland 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 09/20/2000 CONFIDENTIAL DRAFT 3
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TABLE OF CONTENTSCOVERINTRODUCTIONA
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IntroductionEcoregional Planning in
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AcknowledgementsEdited Version and
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combinations based on surficial geo
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Priorities and Leadership Assignmen
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Portfolio SummaryA total of 1,028 s
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each local population with respect
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potential target list for future co
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iteration ecoregional plans, specie
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RESULTS FOR SPECIES *Modification t
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documented in BCD making analysis v
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PLANNING METHODS FOR ECOREGIONAL TA
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sandy outwash and forested swamps a
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and distribution pattern for each e
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disproportionately large percentage
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to that ecoregion alone. Those syst
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Locating examples of patch-forming
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systems. Conversely, high elevation
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The minimum goals based on generic
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Results for Terrestrial Communities
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Table 6. Minimum conservation bench
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• The National Vegetation Classif
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of ecoregions, from the Northern Ap
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How much larger than the severe dam
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Scaling factors for Matrix Forest S
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Roads are also source areas for noi
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ungulates. We simply discussed thes
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conservation plan must be done to r
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position, its geology and its eleva
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this block, miles of streams, dams
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Connecting Area or Ecological Backd
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MATRIX SITE:NAME:STATE/S:SIZE:Total
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Block developmentTwo sets of ecoblo
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Table 12. A description of the elev
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There are 27 ELU types entirely mis
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Freshwater Ecoregions and Ecologica
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classes: size 1) headwaters to smal
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Figure 2: Watershed Aquatic System
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targets should also include conside
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have also not been extensively rese
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Table 5: Confidence Code1 High Conf
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TYPECHARACTERISTICSELU signatureSIZ
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Midreach streamentering large lakes
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Major stresses: Using the following
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Aquatic Systems Results for Lower N
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Figure 1: Ecological Drainage Unit
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IV. MiddleConnecticut3450 sq.mi.Riv
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Table 3: Fish and Mussel Distributi
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merrlowctcapeupctmidct3E-03100Nativ
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Figure 2: Size 2 Watershed SystemsR
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TWINSPAN RelationshipsThe hierarchi
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13 and 14 split from 15-17 primaril
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Table 5: Size 2 Watershed System Su
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Table 6: Size 3 Watershed System Su
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Figure 7: Reach Gradient ClassesREV
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Of these 480 possible combinations,
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Units supported the distinctiveness
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Condition ResultsGIS ScreeningSize
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Size 2 Watershed: Landscape Context
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Table 10: Size 2 Watershed Landscap
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Table 16: Dams on Size 2, 3,4 River
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Most of the dams in the analysis re
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shallow water fish spawning grounds
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Figure 11: Aquatic PortfolioREVISED
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Page 165 and 166: KEY TO TERMS OF FEDERALLY LISTED SP
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Page 199 and 200: BibiliographyLower New England GIS
Page 201 and 202: BibiliographyD.P. (compilers), 1994
Page 203 and 204: Bailey, R.G., P.E. Avers, T. King,
Page 205 and 206: Gerritsen, J., M.T. Barbour, and K.
Page 207 and 208: Leopold, L.B. and Wolman, M.G. 1957
Page 209 and 210: Pulliam, H.R., 1988. Sources, sinks
Page 211 and 212: Steedman, R.J. 1988. Modification a
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