NE Resilience Report - Conservation Gateway

Low Elevation Coarse Sand Settings (L-Coarse)
Description: Settings defined by deep sand and other coarse unconsolidated sediments at elevations
below 800’ and above 20’. This environment is characterized by acidic nutrient-poor soils, and supports a
variety of distinctive communities, such as fire dependent Pitch Pine barrens.
Example: Current Communities
Uplands: Dry oak-pine forest,
Dwarf pine plains, Pitch pine -
heath barrens, Pitch pine
woodlands, Beech-tulip tree
woodland, White oak- sweetgum
forest, Coastal oak-beech forest,
Coastal oak-hickory forest, Coastal
plain floodplain Forest, Inland dune
community, Riverwash hudsonia
barren, Inland beach strand,
Sandplain heathland.
Wetlands: Atlantic white cedar
swamp, Coastal plain peatlandsphagnum
bog, Buttonbush swamp,
Coastal plain pond and pondshore,
Coastal plain poor fen, Fresh tidal
marsh, Pine barrens shrub swamp,
White oak-sweetgum forest red
maple-blackgum swamp. riverside
ice meadow, acidic level fen,
Securement status: 10 percent secured, 5 percent on above average sites.
Resilience Score Category Percents Acres
GAP1 or 2 GAP3 Unsecured Total Acres
L:COARSE 4% 6% 90% 9,653,844
1: Far Below Average 0% 1% 18% 1,782,104
2: Below Average 0% 1% 13% 1,298,121
3: Average 2% 2% 34% 3,663,419
4: Above Average 1% 1% 12% 1,316,133
5: Far Above Average 1% 2% 14% 1,594,067
44 Resilient Sites for Terrestrial Conservation in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Region
The Nature Conservancy • Eastern Conservation Science • Eastern Division • 99 Bedford St • Boston, MA 02111