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FIGURE 10. ECOLOGICAL SUBSECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA <br />12Jd <br />222Mc <br />222Mb <br />U <br />Pine Moraines and Outwash Plains (212Nc) <br />Tamarack Lowlands (212Nd) <br />Blufflands (2221-c) <br />Rochester Plateau (2221-f) <br />Hardwood Hills (222Ma) <br />Big Woods (222Mb) <br />Anoka Sand Plain (222Mc) <br />St. Paul Baldwin Plains and Moraines (222Md) <br />Oak Savanna (222Me) <br />C Aspen Parklands (223Na) <br />Red River Prairie (251Aa) <br />C Minnesota River Prairie a) <br />0 Coteau Moraines (251 <br />0 Inner Coteau (251 B <br />As stated earlier in the Historical Vegetatio e/ely <br />rthe <br />ettlement vegetation of the <br />William H. Houlton Conservation Area was af floodplain forest, oak <br />savanna and prairie. This is sjjpropriate most ote, although there has been <br />some community <br />succeeded to over <br />they Mississippi river cm <br />was punctuated by groves <br />Management oft ' ea v <br />addition, sm i <br />current to ion of the <br />majoriql4fte site, ho <br />ap <br />PLANT COMM <br />Land Cover <br />yeas that 'kely been prairie and savanna have <br />avanna. A , the strip of eroding stream bank along <br />ONSIA0hinated by trees and shrubs or perhaps <br />ffTffw mixed with herbaceous savanna species. <br />on how best to stymie the continued erosion. In <br />)w may be recommended for the areas around the <br />iI is may be required for a staging area. For the <br />oak savanna, prairie and floodplain forest is most <br />ESSMENT <br />The following are descriptions of the various cover types found on the property. The cover <br />types were described and designated by Minnesota Land Cover Classification System <br />(MLCCS). Some of the cover types were re -designated to a more appropriate type than was <br />designated by MLCCS. They were then arranged in order of size of area, with the largest <br />cover types listed first and the smallest listed last. Cover types may be represented by <br />multiple units of the same cover type (e.g. Floodplain forest represented by FF -1, FF -2, FF - <br />Friends of the Mississippi <br />32 <br />W. H. Houlton Conservation Area NRMP <br />