Terrestrial ecological survey of the Elm's Property, St. Mary's County, Maryland. Special report

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6645051

Deusen, M V; Otto, R G; Mount, J K; Kaufman, L S

A terrestrial ecological survey of the Elms Property, St. Mary's County, Maryland was conducted during the 1978 field season. This thousand acre tract is part of the land bank of the Maryland Power Plant Siting Program. Vegetation was surveyed qualitatively to determine plant species present on the site and to identify primary biotopes: ponds, salt marsh, shrub swamp, managed fields and several types of coastal plain forest. Woody vegetation was analyzed semi-quantitatively to identify species assemblages. Soil, topography and water relations were identified as determinants of distributions of vegetative communities. Species composition and basic patterns of distribution and abundance were ascertained for birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. No species of threatened or endangered status are believed to inhabit the site.

• Research Organization: Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (USA). Chesapeake Bay Inst.
• OSTI ID: 6645051
• Report Number(s): PB-80-182884
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
MARYLAND
SITE SURVEYS
REACTOR SITES
ECOLOGY
ABUNDANCE
AMPHIBIANS
BIRDS
CHESAPEAKE BAY
COASTAL REGIONS
ECOSYSTEMS
FORESTS
MAMMALS
MARSHES
PLANTS
PONDS
REPTILES
SHRUBS
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPECIES DIVERSITY
SWAMPS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
BAYS
CENTRAL REGION
DISTRIBUTION
NORTH AMERICA
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
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VERTEBRATES
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Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (-1989)
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Aquatic- Site Resource & Use Studies- (-1989)
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