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Draft List of ecosystem units used for evaluating Ecosystem Response to Climate <br />Change: DENR Assessment of Effects and Adaptation Measures <br />1. <br />Black-water Coastal Plain Floodplains <br />23. <br />Montane Oak Forests <br />2. <br />Brownwater Coastal Plain Floodplains <br />24. <br />Mountain Bogs and Fens <br />3. <br />Coastal Plain Depression Communities <br />25. <br />Mountain Cove Forests <br />4. <br />Coastal Plain Large River Communities <br />26. <br />Natural Lake Communities <br />5. <br />Coastal Plain Marl Outcrop <br />27. <br />Northern Hardwood Forests <br />6. <br />Coastal Plain Nonalluvial Mineral Wetlands <br />28. <br />Peatland Pocosins <br />7. <br />Coastal Plain Stream /Ditch Communities <br />29. <br />Piedmont and Coastal Plain Mesic Forests <br />8. <br />Coastal Plain Swamp Communities <br />30. <br />Piedmont and Coastal Plain Oak Forests <br />9. <br />Dry Longleaf Pine Communities <br />31. <br />Piedmont and Mountain Dry Coniferous <br />10. <br />Estuarine Communities <br />Woodlands <br />11. <br />Freshwater Tidal Wetlands <br />32. <br />Piedmont and Mountain Floodplams <br />12. <br />General Hardwood and Mixed Forests <br />33. <br />Piedmont Headwater Communities <br />13. <br />Granitic Flatrocks <br />34. <br />Piedmont Large River Communities <br />14. <br />Grass and Heath Balds <br />35. <br />Piedmont Small River Communities <br />15. <br />High Elevation Rock Outcrops <br />36. <br />Sparsely Settled Mixed Habitats <br />16. <br />Low Elevation Cliffs and Rock Outcrops <br />37. <br />Spruce Fir Forests <br />17. <br />Mafic Glades and Barrens <br />38. <br />Streamhead Pocosins <br />18. <br />Maritime Grasslands <br />39. <br />Successional and Ruderal Uplands <br />19. <br />Maritime Upland Forests <br />40. <br />Successional Wetlands <br />20. <br />Maritime Wetland Forests <br />41. <br />Upland Seepages and Spray Cliffs <br />21. <br />Montane Cold Water Stream Communities <br />42. <br />Wet Pine Savannas <br />22. <br />Montane Cool Water Stream Communities <br />182 Appendix B <br />