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Table 3-17. SGCN - Terrestrial Habitat Associations

Appendix 3 SGCN Habitat Associations by Ecoregions

Chapter 3 North Carolina Species

4.2.3 Coldwater Systems

4.2.4 Coolwater Systems

4.2.5 Warm- water Systems

Prescribed Fire to maintain

Chapter 4 Section and Name

Mountains Piedmont

Sandhills Coastl Plain

4.2.3 Coldwater Systems (< 20°C) (<68°F) 4.2.4 Coolwater Systems (>20°C, < 25°C) 4.2.5 Warmwater Systems (> 25°C) (>77°F )

X

X

X

X

(>68°F, <77°F )

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

4.2.6 Groundwater, Springs, Cave subterranean water systems

X

X

4.2.7 Headwater Streams/ Small Creeks (≤ 40 sq.mi. drainage area) 4.2.8 Large Creeks/Small Rivers (40 - 200 sq.mi. drainage area)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

4.2.9 Medium Rivers

X

X

X

X

X

X

(200 - 3,800 sq.mi. drainage area)

4.2.10 Large Rivers

X

X

X

(> 3,800 sq.mi. drainage area)

X

X

4.2.11 Stream Swamp Systems

X

X

4.2.12 Natural Lakes

X

X

X

X

X

4.2.13 Reservoirs & Impoundments

X

X

X

X

4.2.14 Estuarine Aquatic Communities

X

X

4.3.1 Bogs & Fens

X

4.3.2 Estuarine Wetland Communities

X

4.3.3 Floodplains - Blackwater Systems

X

X

4.3.4 Floodplains - Brownwater Systems

X

X

X

4.3.5 Floodplains - Inland Systems

X

X

4.3.6 Freshwater Tidal Wetlands

X

X

X

4.3.7 Nonalluvial Mineral Wetlands

X

X

X

4.3.8 Pocosins

X

X

X

X

4.3.9 Upland Pools & Depressions

X

X

X

X

4.3.10 Upland Seepages & Spray Cliffs

X

X

4.3.11 Wet Pine Savannas

X

X

X

X

4.3.12 Freshwater Herbaceous Marsh - NEW

X

X

X

X

X

4.4.2 Caves & Mines

X

4.4.3 Spruce-Fir Forest

X

4.4.4 Northern Hardwood Forest

X

4.4.5 Cove Forest

X

X

X

4.4.6 Mafic Glades & Barrens

X

X

4.4.7 Grass & Heath Balds

X

4.4.8 High Elevation Cliffs & Rock Outcrops

X

X

X

X

4.4.9 Low Elevation Flatrocks, Cliffs & Rock Outcrops

X

X

X

4.4.10 Mesic Forest

X

X

X

4.4.11 Piedmont and Mountain Dry Coniferous Woodlands

X

X

X

X

X

4.4.12 Oak and Mixed Hardwood/Pine Forests and Managed Timber

X

X

4.4.13 Montane Oak Forest

X

X

X

X

4.4.14 Dry Longleaf Pine Communities

X

X

4.4.15 Piedmont and Coastal Plain Oak Forest

X

4.4.16 Maritime Forests

X

4.4.17 Maritime Grasslands, Dunes, and Beaches

X

4.4.18 Sand, Shell, and Wrack Active Shoreline

4.4.19 Successional Communities (Herb, Shrub, Woody)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

4.4.20 Sparsely Settled Mixed Habitats

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