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 Vegetation Classification Systems and Their Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type r fi 33 Red spruce- balsam spruce- sphagnum; 13 Black spruce- tamarack; 38 Tamarack spruce-sphagnum; 13 Black spruce-tamarack SAF TYPE9 S3; SU S3 12 Black S3 12 Black rarity rank8 S1; S1 S1S3 S3 S3 ark; fl ooded fl boreal swamp (??) larch swamp larch swamp swamp; Sea- sonally NHNHB7 NH Circumneutral- calcareous Northern white cedar circumneutral string sheep laurel dwarf shrub bog spruce bog spruce bog S4 Black spruce- S4 Black spruce- S4 Red spruce rarity rank6 S2; S4 S4 Leather-leaf- S4 Leather-leaf-black S4 Leather-leaf-black r-cinna- fi wooded bog wooded bog mon fern forest Shrubby cinquefoil- sedge circumneutral fen; Northern white cedar woodland fen fen Sheep laurel dwarf shrub bog shrub bog PSS3, PSS4 CEGL005271 Spruce-larch CEGL002485 Spruce-larch CEGL006525 PSS1, CEGL006513 PFO4 Leatherleaf boggy CEGL- 006514var CEGL006514 Sheep laurel dwarf CEGL006312 Spruce- Picea mariana - (Larix laricina) / Ledum groenlandi- cum / Sphagnum spp. Forest Picea mariana / Ledum groen- landicaum/ Carex trisperma / Sphag- num spp. Forest NVC Association2NVC NVC #3 NWI4 ME NAP5 ME Dasiphora fruticosa spp. Floribunda / Carex lasiocarpa / Campylium stel- latum shrub herbaceous vegetation Chamaedaphne calyculata / Erio- / phorum virginicum Sphagnum rubellum Dwarf-shrubland Rhododendron canadense - Chamaedaphne calyculata - Myrica gale Dwarf-shrubland (variant) Rhododendron canadense - Chamaedaphne calyculata - Myrica gale Dwarf-shrubland Abies Picea rubens- balsamea / Gault- heria hispidula / Sphagnum spp. Forest Black Spruce - larch swamp Black spruce wooded Bog Common Name¹ Circumneutral patterned fen Leatherleaf poor fen Medium shrub fen Sub-boreal Dwarf-shrub Fen Spruce - Fir Swamp CCP TYPE CCP UVM - NVC Boreal Fen & Bog Vegetation ClassificationVegetation Systems and Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type Appendix M: Vegetation Classification Systems and Their Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type M-1 Vegetation Classification Systems and Their Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type SAF TYPE9 rarity rank8 S3 S4 S3 S3 S4S5; S3 S4 at fl NHNHB7 NH short sedge moss lawn marsh emergent sedge-sweetgale fen sedge-sweetgale fen graminoid-scrub- shrub marsh; Oxbow marsh forb emergent marsh/mud rarity rank6 S4 l graminoid Tal S4 Hairy-fruited S4 Hairy-fruited S5 Mixed tall S3 cranberry- Large Cattail marsh S5 Cattail marshmeadow S4 fen Mixed tall sedge fen shrub marsh N/A Short graminoid- bean fen lawn PSS3 CEGL006153 PSS1, CEGL006412CEGL006302 sedge Tussock Mixed tall sedge CEGL- 006302var CEGL006519 Mixed graminoid- CEGL006522 PEM1 Low sedge-buck- NVC Association2NVC NVC #3 NWI4 ME NAP5 ME latifolia) - (Scirpus spp.) Eastern Herba- ceous Vegetation Carex stricta - vesicaria Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Vegetation Chamaedaphne calyculata / (Carex lasiocarpa, Carex utriculata) - Utricu- laria spp. Shrub Her- baceous Vegetation Myrica gale - Chamaedaphne calyculata / (Carex lasiocarpa, Carex utriculata) - Utricu- laria spp. Shrub Her- baceous Vegetation Calamagrostis canadensis - Scirpus cyperinus - Dulichi- um arundinaceum Herbaceous Vegeta- tion Eleocharis palustris shallow emergent marsh Carex limosa - Rhynchospora alba/Cladopodiella saturated herbaceous vegetation ooded mixed ooded Common Name¹ Cattail marsh (angustifolia, Typha Eastern Tussock Sedge Meadow Medium fen Myrica gale - Medium fen - wet phase Seasonally fl graminoid meadow Spikerush shallow emergent marsh Few seeded sedge-leatherleaf fen CCP TYPE CCP UVM - NVC Fen & Flooded Meadow M-2 Appendix M: Vegetation Classification Systems and Their Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type Vegetation Classification Systems and Their Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type r fi r-black r-black fi red spruce- hemlock sam balsam SAF TYPE9 white pine; 22 White pine- hemlock yellow birch spruce; 1 Jack pine-sheep laurel 30 Red spruce- yellow birch; 31 Red spruce- sugar maple- beech S1 1 Jack pine-bal- rarity rank8 S5 21 Eastern S4 24 Hemlock- S4; S3S4 S3 15 Red pine r fi r fi Jack pine rocky ridge woodland NHNHB7 NH oak-pine forest northern hardwood forest pine-balsam wood-spruce- forest; Hemlock- spruce-northern hardwoods forest forest S4 N/A 35 Paper birch- S4; S3 rarity rank6 S4 Red pine-white S4 Hemlock-beech- S4 Northern hard- r-broom- fi moss forest Jack pine woodland Hemlock forest S4 Hemlock forest S4 23 Eastern forest conifer forest ?hardwoods forest N/A CEGL002441 Jack pine forest; CEGL006129 Hemlock forestCEGL- 006129var S4 Hemlock-beech- CEGL006253 Red pine-white pine CEGL006505 Spruce- CEGL006324 White pine-mixed CEGL- 006505var CEGL006267 Spruce-northern Pinus banksania / spp. / Vaccinium Pleurozium schreberi Forest NVC Association2NVC NVC #3 NWI4 ME NAP5 ME Tsuga canadensis Tsuga - Betula alleghaniensis - Picea rubens/ Cornus canadensis Forest canadensis Tsuga - Betula alleghaniensis - Picea rubens/ Cornus canadensis Forest (variant) Pinus strobus - resinosa / Cornus canadensis Forest Picea rubens - Acer Betula spp. - rubrum Forest Picea rubens- Betula alleghaniensis/Dry- opteris camplyoptera forest Pinus strobus - canadensis - Tsuga Picea rubens Forest Picea rubens - Acer Betula spp. - rubrum Forest (vzri- ant) r wood- r fi Jack Pine / Blue- berry / Feather- moss Forest Common Name¹ Hemlock - hardwoods Forest Hemlock Mesic Forest White Red Pine - Pine Forest Successional Spruce - Fir Forest Red Spruce - Hardwoods Forest Hemlock - White Hemlock - Pine - Red Spruce Forest Aspen- land r-hard- fi CCP TYPE CCP UVM - NVC woods) Lakeshore Pine- Hemlock Mixed Woods (Spruce- Appendix M: Vegetation Classification Systems and Their Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type M-3 Vegetation Classification Systems and Their Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type white cedar white cedar white cedar Paper birch; 17 Pin cherry maple; 60 Beech-sugar maple maple-beech- yellow birch SAF TYPE9 Paper birch S2 37 Northern S2 37 Northern S1 37 Northern S3S4 18 Paper birch S3S4 27 Sugar S5 25 Sugar rarity rank8 r fi swamp wood-black ash- conifer swamp? cedar forest/ woodland birch wooded talus sugar maple forest beech-yellow birch forest NHNHB7 NH cedar-balsam S4 Northern hard- S3 Red oak-black S4 Semi-rich mesic S4 Sugar maple- rarity rank6 S5 N/AAspen; 18 16 S4 Northern white S5 N/A 16 Aspen; 18 dar woodland fen? woodland forest forest Aspen-birch woodland/forest complex cedar swamp land/forest complex PFO4 Northern white CEGL006199 PFO4/1 Northern white ce- CEGL002449 N/A Northern white CEGL006320CEGL006211 Birch-oak talus CEGL006252 Beech-birch-maple Beech-birch-maple CEGL- 006007var CEGL- 006303var CEGL006303 Aspen-birch wood- i) Forest i) fi Thuja occidentalis- Acer rujbrum/Cor- nus sericea Forest Thuja occidentalis Abies balsamea - / Acer spicatum forest Quercus rubra - Bet- ula alleghaniensis / Polypodium virgin- ianum Woodland Acer saccharum - (Fraxinus ameri- Arisaema cana) / triphyllum forest Acer saccharum- Betula alleghaniensis-Fagus grandi- folia/Viburnum alnifolium Forest (variant) Thuja occidentalis / Sphagnum (girensohnii, warnstor NVC Association2NVC NVC #3 NWI4 ME NAP5 ME Populus( tremu- loides, grandidenta- ta) - Betula (popu- lifolia, papyrifera) (variant) Woodland Populus (tremu- loides, grandidenta- ta) - Betula (popu- lifolia, papyrifera) Woodland r fi Northern White- cedar - Black Ash swamp Northern white- cedar - boreal conifer mesic forest Paper birch talus woodland Semi-rich northern hardwood forest Northern hardwood forest peatland swamp Common Name¹ Northern White- cedar - balsam Red maple-yellow birch early successional woodland Early successional aspen-birch forest/woodland CCP TYPE CCP UVM - NVC Northern White Cedar Northern Hard- wood M-4 Appendix M: Vegetation Classification Systems and Their Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type Vegetation Classification Systems and Their Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type white cedar SAF TYPE9 white cedar white cedar S2 37 Northern S4; S4 S4; S4 S3 S3S4; S3S4 rarity rank8 S1 37 Northern S2 37 Northern r fi swamp berry- sweetgale- meadowsweet shrub thicket; Sweet gale-meadowsweet-tussock sedge fen shrubland; Alder- dogwood-arrow- wood allluvial thicket shrubland berry-mountain holly wooded fen; Speckled alder wooded fen NHNHB7 NH ern white cedar swamp cedar seepage forest cedar-balsam S4 Highbush blue- S2 Alder alluvial S4 Highbush blue- rarity rank6 S4 Northern white S4 Northern white S4 Acidic north- shrub fen Dogwood-willow shoreline thicket alder woodland fen age forest dar woodland fen cedar swamp PSS3 CEGL006062 PSS1, CEGL006512 Sweetgale mixed CEGL002381CEGL006158 Alder shrub thicket S5 Mountain holly- Alder alluvial CEGL006175CEGL006507 seep- Cedar-spruce Northern white ce- CEGL006007 Northern white i) Forest i) fi Recently disturbedAlnus incana - Cornus sericea / Clematis virginiana Shrubland N/AMyrica gale - Spirea N/A alba - Chamae- daphne saturated shrubland Alnus incana Swamp Shrubland Alnus incana - Ne- mopanthus mucrona- tus / Sphagnum spp. Shrubland NVC Association2NVC NVC #3 NWI4 ME NAP5 ME Thuja occidentalis cordifolia / Tiarella Forest Thuja occidentalis Abies balsamea / - Alnus incana / Carex trisperma Woodland Thuja occidentalis / Sphagnum (girensohnii, warnstor Recently dis- turbed Residential residential(Speckled, Green) Alder Shrubland Sweetgale mixed N/Ashrub thicket N/A Speckeled Alder Swamp Speckeled alder peatland lagg Common Name¹ Northern White- cedar Seepage Forest Northern White- cedar Wooded Fen Northern white- cedar peatland swamp Recently Har- vested Residential & Fields Shrub-Scrub Wetland Shrub-Scrub cont. Wetland CCP TYPE CCP UVM - NVC Northern White Cedar cont. Appendix M: Vegetation Classification Systems and Their Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type M-5 Vegetation Classification Systems and Their Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type r r fi fi r 33 Red spruce- balsam 33 Red spruce- balsam SAF TYPE9 spruce-dwarf shrub; 12 Black spruce-feather moss; 33 Red spruce-balsam fi S2 108 Red maple S2 S3 32 Red spruce; S3 32 Red spruce; rarity rank8 S1 12 Black S4S5 108 Red maple ood- fl r fi ooded red maple r forest r r forest r plain/ silt plain wood-black ash- conifer swamp? fl swamp fi fi NHNHB7Montane black NH spruce-red spruce forest??? S4 Seasonally S4 Lowland spruce- S4 Balsam S4 Lowland spruce- rarity rank6 S3; S4 r- broom- r- r- broom- r- fi fi r-cinnamon fern r-cinnamon fern swamp moss forest Red maple-sensitive fern swamp moss forest Spruce- woodland; Spruce- fi forest bed PFO4 CEGL002105 ?CEGL006119 Red maple-sensitive Northern hard- CEGL006501 PFO1, CEGL- 006273var CEGL006361 Black spruce CEGL006273 Spruce- ood- fl Fraxinus nigra - mixed hardwoods - conifers / Cornus sericea / Carex spp. Forest Acer rubrum / Carex stricta - Onoclea sensibilis Woodland plain forest Acer rubrum- (Abies balsamea)- Vibur- num nudum var. cassinoides Picea rubens - Abies Picea rubens - balsamea - Betula papyrifera Forest NVC Association2NVC NVC #3 NWI4 ME NAP5 ME Picea mariana - Pi- cea rubens / Pleuroz- ium schreberi Forest Picea rubens - Abies Picea rubens - balsamea - Betula papyrifera Forest r Flood- r fi oodplain wood- oodplain r Forest r Black ash - mixed hardwoods swamp Red Maple - Sedge Tussock fl land water ¹º (see footnote)¹¹Red maple-balsam plain Forest Aquatic Red spruce rocky summit Common Name¹ - Red Spruce Forest Lowland spruce- fi Open Water Open Water and Submerged Aquatic Vegeta- tion Flood- Wooded plain CCP TYPE CCP UVM - NVC Spruce-Fir Black Spruce Spruce-Fir Black M-6 Appendix M: Vegetation Classification Systems and Their Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type Vegetation Classification Systems and Their Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type 108 Red maple/ 62 Silver maple- Ameri- can Elm SAF TYPE9 S2 S2S3/ S2 rarity rank8 mperate Herbaceous Alliance mperate Herbaceous ood- ood- fl fl r fi oodplain fl plain/ silt plain forest Red maple plain forest/ Silver maple NHNHB7 NH S4 Balsam S4/ S3 rarity rank6 cation of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the Wetlands cation of fi oodplain fl Red maple-sensitive fern swamp forest Red maple-sensitive fern swamp/ Silver maple ooded Herbaceous Alliance Herbaceous ooded fl CEGL002071CEGL- ?006501var ? S2 108 Red maple CEGL006503/ CEGL006176 oodplain cation (see Cowardin, et. al. 1979, reprinted 1992 “Classi fl fi Acer rubrum - Fraxi- nus spp. - Betula papyrifera/Cornus canadensis Forest Acer rubrum- (Abies balsamea)- Virurnum casssi- nudum var. noides forest (variant) NVC Association2NVC NVC #3 NWI4 ME NAP5 ME Acer rubrum - Pru- nus serotina / Cornus amomum Floodplain Forest cation System Association System cation Association Number cation System Vermont cation System categories/associations as mapped by University of fi fi fi r berm r fi Red Maple-black ash swamp White spruce- balsam woodland Common Name¹ Red Maple Floodplain Forest/ Silver Maple- False Nettle Sensitive Fern Floodplain Forest and Pondweed species-Coontail species- Waterweed species, Permanently Waterweed and Pondweed species-Coontail species- United States”) Areas Program Maine Natural Maine Natural Heritage Inventory Rarity Rank New Hampshire Natural Heritage Bureau New Hampshire Natural Heritage Inventory Rarity Rank Types American Foresters Forest Society of not mapped Vegetation Aquatic Floating-Leaved and Submerged Te Pond-lily species, Permanently Flooded Water-lily-Yellow White Alliances: Likely includes associations in the following NVCS National Vegetation Classi National Vegetation Inventory classi Wetland USFWS National National Vegetation Classi National Vegetation National Vegetation Classi National Vegetation 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 2. 3. 1. CCP TYPE CCP UVM - NVC Wooded Flood- Wooded plain cont. 11. 11. 10. EXPLANATION: Appendix M: Vegetation Classification Systems and Their Relationship to Refuge Habitat Type M-7