Rare woodland and forest community monitoring protocol for Acadia National Park: Northeast Temperate Network.
Tierney GL, Miller KM, Mitchell BR. 2012. Rare woodland and forest community monitoring protocol for Acadia National Park: Northeast Temperate Network.. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NETN/NRR—2012/529. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
Of the rare communities at ACAD, four terrestrial forest or woodland communities are recommended for long-term monitoring at this time: a) the globally rare Pitch Pine / Broom Crowberry Woodland (PPC); b) the Pitch Pine / Black Chokeberry / Wavy Hairgrass - Little Bluestem Woodland (PPW or Pitch Pine Woodland); c) the Jack Pine / Sheep Laurel - Blueberry species Woodland (JPW or Jack Pine Woodland); and d) the Eastern White Pine - Red Pine / Canadian Bunchberry Forest (WRP or White Pine / Red Pine Forest).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Tierney, Geraldine; Miller, Kathryn; Mitchell, Brian
- Date of Issue
- 2012-06
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ACAD , IMDP , NETN , NRSS
- Keywords
- acadia, Community, Monitoring, NETN, Northeast Temperate Network, Protocol, Rare, Woodland
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities