Southern Uplands Ecoregion
(Fundy Highlands/Plateau - Ecodistrict 12)
| Harvest Pattern:
This forest is dominated by gap-replacing disturbances on hardwood ridges (patchy mortality from budworm and fire) and Red Spruce on lower slopes. Emphasis should be on selection cuts. Adjacency rules by DNRE should be followed. Cut Block Size: Same as guideline under Eastern Lowlands. Connectivity: Same as guideline under Eastern Lowlands |
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Water Course Buffers:
Same as guideline under Eastern Lowlands.
Mature Provisions:
Note: Since restoration of existing agricultural areas to forest is unlikely, agricultural lands are not considered in calculations for historical abundance.
Forest communities requiring mature provisions in this ecodistrict are:
Note: Maturity window for Red Spruce stands is 80-300 years
Size of Mature Patches:
Goal is for all to be a minimum of 375 ha.
Protected Areas:
Same as guideline under Eastern Lowlands
Snag Retention:
Same as guideline under Eastern Lowlands.
Go to Guidelines for:
Eastern Lowlands Ecoregion (Petitcodiac River - Ecodistrict 30)
Continental Lowlands Ecoregion (Anagance Ridge - Ecodistrict 29)
Fundy Coastal Ecoregion (Fundy Coastal - Ecodistrict 32)
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Dr. Graham Forbes
Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management at UNB
Last Update: Dec 17, 1997
This document: http://www.unb.ca/web/forestry/centers/cwru/ecodis12.htm