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Appendix M USFWS Fen and Flooded Meadow Habitat on the Refuge Appendix M USFWS Fen and flooded meadow habitat on the refuge Vegetation Classification Systems and Their Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type Appendix M: Vegetation Classification Systems and Relationship Their toRefuge Habitat Type Vegetation Classification Systems and Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type CCP TYPE UVM - NVC NVC Association2 NVC #3 NWI4 ME NAP5 ME NHNHB7 NH SAF TYPE9 Common Name¹ rarity rarity rank6 rank8 Boreal Fen & Circumneutral Dasiphora fruticosa CEGL006525 PSS1, Shrubby cinquefoil- S2; Circumneutral- S1; Bog patterned fen spp. Floribunda / PSS3, sedge circumneutral S4 calcareous fl ark; S1 Carex lasiocarpa / PSS4 fen; Northern white Northern white Campylium stel- cedar woodland fen cedar circumneu- latum shrub herba- tral string ceous vegetation Leatherleaf poor Chamaedaphne CEGL006513 PFO4 Leatherleaf boggy S4 Leather-leaf- S1S3 fen calyculata / Erio- fen sheep laurel dwarf phorum virginicum / shrub bog Sphagnum rubellum Dwarf-shrubland Vegetation Classification Systems and Relationship Their toRefuge Habitat Type Medium shrub Rhododendron CEGL- Sheep laurel dwarf S4 Leather-leaf-black S3 fen canadense - 006514var shrub bog spruce bog Chamaedaphne caly- culata - Myrica gale Dwarf-shrubland (variant) Sub-boreal Rhododendron CEGL006514 Sheep laurel dwarf S4 Leather-leaf-black S3 Dwarf-shrub Fen canadense - shrub bog spruce bog Chamaedaphne caly- culata - Myrica gale Dwarf-shrubland Spruce - Fir Picea rubens- Abies CEGL006312 Spruce-fi r-cinna- S4 Red spruce S3; 33 Red spruce- Swamp balsamea / Gault- mon fern forest swamp; Sea- SU balsam fi r heria hispidula / sonally fl ooded Sphagnum spp. boreal swamp (??) Forest Black Spruce - Picea mariana - CEGL005271 Spruce-larch S4 Black spruce- S3 12 Black larch swamp (Larix laricina) / wooded bog larch swamp spruce- Ledum groenlandi- sphagnum; 13 cum / Sphagnum Black spruce- spp. Forest tamarack; 38 Tamarack Black spruce Picea mariana / CEGL002485 Spruce-larch S4 Black spruce- S3 12 Black wooded Bog Ledum groen- wooded bog larch swamp spruce-sphag- landicaum/ Carex num; 13 Black trisperma / Sphag- spruce-tama- M-1 num spp. Forest rack M-2 Vegetation Classification Systems and Relationship Their toRefuge Habitat Type CCP TYPE UVM - NVC NVC Association2 NVC #3 NWI4 ME NAP5 ME NHNHB7 NH SAF TYPE9 Common Name¹ rarity rarity rank6 rank8 Fen & Flooded Few seeded Carex limosa - CEGL006522 PEM1 Low sedge-buck- S3 Large cranberry- S3 Meadow sedge-leatherleaf Rhynchospora bean fen lawn short sedge moss fen alba/Cladopodiella lawn saturated herbaceous vegetation Cattail marsh Typha (angustifolia, CEGL006153 PSS1, Cattail marsh S5 Cattail marsh S4 latifolia) - (Scirpus PSS3 Appendix M: Vegetation Classification Systems and Relationship Their toRefuge Habitat Type spp.) Eastern Herba- ceous Vegetation Eastern Tussock Carex stricta - Carex CEGL006412 Tussock sedge S4 Tal l graminoid S4 Sedge Meadow vesicaria Seasonally meadow emergent marsh Flooded Herbaceous Vegetation Medium fen Myrica gale - CEGL006302 Mixed tall sedge S4 Hairy-fruited S3 Chamaedaphne fen sedge-sweetgale calyculata / (Carex fen lasiocarpa, Carex utriculata) - Utricu- laria spp. Shrub Her- baceous Vegetation Medium fen - Myrica gale - CEGL- Mixed tall sedge S4 Hairy-fruited S3 wet phase Chamaedaphne 006302var fen sedge-sweetgale calyculata / (Carex fen lasiocarpa, Carex utriculata) - Utricu- laria spp. Shrub Her- baceous Vegetation Seasonally Calamagrostis CEGL006519 Mixed graminoid- S5 Mixed tall S4S5; fl ooded mixed canadensis - Scirpus shrub marsh graminoid-scrub- S3 graminoid cyperinus - Dulichi- shrub marsh; meadow um arundinaceum Oxbow marsh Herbaceous Vegeta- tion Spikerush shal- Eleocharis palustris N/A Short graminoid- S4 low emergent shallow emergent forb emergent marsh marsh marsh/mud fl at Appendix M: Vegetation Classification Systems and Relationship Their toRefuge Habitat Type CCP TYPE UVM - NVC NVC Association2 NVC #3 NWI4 ME NAP5 ME NHNHB7 NH SAF TYPE9 Common Name¹ rarity rarity rank6 rank8 Lakeshore Pine- Hemlock - White Pinus strobus - CEGL006324 White pine-mixed S4 Hemlock-beech- S5 21 Eastern Hemlock Pine - Red Tsuga canadensis - conifer forest oak-pine forest white pine; 22 Spruce Forest Picea rubens Forest White pine- hemlock Hemlock - hard- Tsuga canadensis CEGL006129 Hemlock forest S4 Hemlock-beech- S4 24 Hemlock- woods Forest - Betula alleghanien- northern hard- yellow birch sis - Picea rubens/ wood forest Cornus canadensis Forest Hemlock Mesic Tsuga canadensis CEGL- Hemlock forest S4 Hemlock forest S4 23 Eastern Forest - Betula alleghanien- 006129var hemlock sis - Picea rubens/ Cornus canadensis Vegetation Classification Systems and Relationship Their toRefuge Habitat Type Forest (variant) Jack Pine / Blue- Pinus banksania / CEGL002441 Jack pine forest; S4; Jack pine rocky S1 1 Jack pine-bal- berry / Feather- Vaccinium spp. / Jack pine woodland S3 ridge woodland sam fi r-black moss Forest Pleurozium schre- spruce; 1 Jack beri Forest pine-sheep laurel Red Pine - White Pinus strobus - Pinus CEGL006253 Red pine-white pine S4 Red pine-white S3 15 Red pine Pine Forest resinosa / Cornus forest pine-balsam fi r canadensis Forest forest Mixed Woods Aspen-fi r wood- Picea rubens - CEGL- ? N/A (Spruce-fi r-hard- land Betula spp. - Acer 006505var woods) rubrum Forest (vzri- ant) Red Spruce Picea rubens- Betula CEGL006267 Spruce-northern S4 Northern hard- S4; 30 Red spruce- - Hardwoods alleghaniensis/Dry- hardwoods forest wood-spruce-fi r S3S4 yellow birch; Forest opteris camplyoptera forest; Hemlock- 31 Red spruce- forest spruce-northern sugar maple- hardwoods forest beech Successional Picea rubens - CEGL006505 Spruce-fi r-broom- S4 N/A 35 Paper birch- Spruce - Fir Betula spp. - Acer moss forest red spruce- Forest rubrum Forest balsam fi r M-3 M-4 Vegetation Classification Systems and Relationship Their toRefuge Habitat Type CCP TYPE UVM - NVC NVC Association2 NVC #3 NWI4 ME NAP5 ME NHNHB7 NH SAF TYPE9 Common Name¹ rarity rarity rank6 rank8 Northern Hard- Early succession- Populus (tremu- CEGL006303 Aspen-birch wood- S5 N/A 16 Aspen; 18 wood al aspen-birch loides, grandidenta- land/forest complex Paper birch forest/woodland ta) - Betula (popu- lifolia, papyrifera) Woodland Red maple-yel- Populus( tremu- CEGL- Aspen-birch wood- S5 N/A 16 Aspen; 18 low birch early loides, grandidenta- 006303var land/forest complex Paper birch; 17 Appendix M: Vegetation Classification Systems and Relationship Their toRefuge Habitat Type successional ta) - Betula (popu- Pin cherry woodland lifolia, papyrifera) Woodland (variant) Paper birch talus Quercus rubra - Bet- CEGL006320 Birch-oak talus S3 Red oak-black S3S4 18 Paper birch woodland ula alleghaniensis / woodland birch wooded Polypodium virgin- talus ianum Woodland Semi-rich north- Acer saccharum CEGL006211 Beech-birch-maple S4 Semi-rich mesic S3S4 27 Sugar ern hardwood - (Fraxinus ameri- forest sugar maple forest maple; 60 forest cana) / Arisaema Beech-sugar triphyllum forest maple Northern hard- Acer saccharum- CEGL006252 Beech-birch-maple S4 Sugar maple- S5 25 Sugar wood forest Betula alleghanien- forest beech-yellow maple-beech- sis-Fagus grandi- birch forest yellow birch folia/Viburnum alnifolium Forest Northern White Northern White- Thuja occiden- CEGL- PFO4 Northern white S4 Northern white S2 37 Northern Cedar cedar - balsam fi r talis / Sphagnum 006007var cedar swamp cedar-balsam fi r white cedar peatland swamp (girensohnii, swamp warnstorfi i) Forest (variant) Northern White- Thuja occidentalis- CEGL006199 PFO4/1 Northern white ce- S4 Northern hard- S2 37 Northern cedar - Black Acer rujbrum/Cor- dar woodland fen? wood-black ash- white cedar Ash swamp nus sericea Forest conifer swamp? Northern white- Thuja occidentalis CEGL002449 N/A Northern white S1 37 Northern cedar - boreal / Abies balsamea - cedar forest/ white cedar conifer mesic Acer spicatum forest woodland forest Appendix M: Vegetation Classification Systems and Relationship Their toRefuge Habitat Type CCP TYPE UVM - NVC NVC Association2 NVC #3 NWI4 ME NAP5 ME NHNHB7 NH SAF TYPE9 Common Name¹ rarity rarity rank6 rank8 Northern White Northern white- Thuja occiden- CEGL006007 Northern white S4 Acidic north- S1 37 Northern Cedar cont. cedar peatland talis / Sphagnum cedar swamp ern white cedar white cedar swamp (girensohnii, warn- swamp storfi i) Forest Northern White- Thuja occidentalis CEGL006175 Cedar-spruce seep- S4 Northern white S2 37 Northern cedar Seepage / Tiarella cordifolia age forest cedar seepage white cedar Forest Forest forest Northern White- Thuja occidentalis CEGL006507 Northern white ce- S4 Northern white S2 37 Northern cedar Wooded - Abies balsamea / dar woodland fen cedar-balsam fi r white cedar Fen Alnus incana / Carex swamp trisperma Woodland Vegetation Classification Systems and Relationship Their toRefuge Habitat Type Recently Har- Recently dis- Recently disturbed N/A N/A vested turbed Residential & Residential residential N/A N/A Fields Shrub-Scrub (Speckled, Alnus incana - CEGL006062 PSS1, Dogwood-willow S2 Alder alluvial S4; Wetland Green) Alder Cornus sericea / PSS3 shoreline thicket shrubland; Alder- S4 Shrubland Clematis virginiana dogwood-arrow- Shrubland wood allluvial thicket Speckeled Alder Alnus incana Swamp CEGL002381 Alder shrub thicket S5 Alder alluvial S3 Swamp Shrubland shrubland Speckeled alder Alnus incana - Ne- CEGL006158 Mountain holly- S4 Highbush blue- S3S4; peatland lagg mopanthus mucrona- alder woodland fen berry-mountain S3S4 tus / Sphagnum spp. holly wooded fen; Shrubland Speckled alder wooded fen Shrub-Scrub Sweetgale mixed Myrica gale - Spirea CEGL006512
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