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FIGURE 10. ECOLOGICAL SUBSECTIONS OF SOUHEAST MINNESOTA <br /> Pine Moraines and Outwash Plains (212Nc) <br /> 212Jd Tamarack Lowlands(212Nd) <br /> Blufflands(222Lc) <br /> 222MC Rochester Plateau (222Lf) <br /> rHardwood Hills(222Ma) <br /> Big Woods(222Mb) <br /> Anoka Sand Plain (222Mc) <br /> 22M• St. Paul Baldwin Plains and Moraines (222Md) <br /> ME Oak Savanna(222Me) <br /> Aspen Parklands (223Na) <br /> Red River Prairie (251Aa) <br /> Minnesota River Prairie(251 Ba) <br /> Coteau Moraines (251 Bb) <br /> Inner Coteau (251 Bc) <br /> 222Lf <br /> As stated earlier in the Historical Vegetation section,the pre-settlement vegetation <br /> at Bailey Point was most likely a mix of floodplain forest, oak savanna and prairie. <br /> This is still appropriate for most of the site,although there has been some woody <br /> encroachment. Some areas that had likely been prairie and savanna have succeeded <br /> to overgrown woodland/savanna. In addition, small amounts of mowed turf occur <br /> around the parking lot and around the current location of the buildings in the <br /> northwest corner.This may make maintenance of these areas easier for the city. For <br /> the majority of the site,however,oak savanna, prairie and floodplain forest is most <br /> appropriate. <br /> PLANT COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT <br /> Land Cover <br /> The following are descriptions of the various cover types found on the property. <br /> The cover types were described and designated by Minnesota Land Cover <br /> Classification System (MLCCS).They were then arranged in order of size of area, <br /> with the largest cover types listed first and the smallest listed last. Cover types may <br /> be represented by multiple units of the same cover type (e.g. Floodplain forest <br /> represented by FF-1, FF-2, FF-3,etc.). Please refer to Figure 11 (Landcover), Figure <br /> 12 (Features of Interest) and Figure 13 (Target Plant Communities) throughout this <br /> section. Detailed plant lists surveyed from certain unit are provided in Appendix A. <br /> Friends of the Mississippi River Bailey Point Nature Preserve NRMP <br /> 32 <br />