NE Resilience Report - Conservation Gateway

Low Elevation Granite Settings (L-GRAN)
Description: Settings underlain by granitic bedrock at low elevation below 800’ and above 20’. These
settings support a variety of shallow soil bedrock-based hilltop woodlands, and poorly drained wetlands.
Example: Current Communities
Upland: Jack pine woodland,
Spruce slope forest, Red pine
woodland, Pitch pine woodland,
Mesic transitional acidic forest,
Pitch pine-oak-heath rocky
summit, Acidic rocky summit,
Herbaceous low riverbank, Rocky
summit grassland,
Acidic talus community, Riverside
prairie
Wetland: Alluvial swamp, Level
bog, Acidic seepage swamp, High
brackish tidal riverbank marsh,
Tidal creek bottom
Graminoid emergent marsh, Red
maple-sweetgum swamp
Securement Status; 10 percent secured, 4 percent on above average sites.
Resilience Score Category Percents Acres
GAP1 or 2 GAP3 Unsecured Total Acres
L:GRAN 3% 7% 90% 2,968,251
1: Far Below Average 0% 0% 17% 503,104
2: Below Average 0% 1% 16% 486,007
3: Average 1% 2% 36% 1,153,061
4: Above Average 0% 1% 11% 374,033
5: Far Above Average 1% 2% 12% 452,047
46 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