Ecological Systems in the Watershed of the Delaware River Estuary
Systems: Landform/bedrock/landcover combinations-Mapped everywhere in PA except the Brandywine watershed Summits/ridges, any landcover Cliff, any lithology Sideslope, acidic bedrock, Forest deciduous Sideslope, acidic bedrock, Forest conif/mixed Sideslope, acidic bedrock, Open Sideslope, calc/mod calc/mafic-intermed granitic, FD Sideslope, calc/mod calc/mafic-intermed granitic, FC Sideslope, calc/mod calc/mafic-intermed granitic, Open Sideslope, ultramafic, any landcover Sideslope, coarse sediments, any landcover Cove, acidic bedrock, predominantly FD Cove, non-acidic bedrock, predominantly FD Dry flats, gentle slopes: acidic FD Dry flats, gentle slopes: acidic FC Dry flats, gentle slopes: acidic Open Dry flats, gentle slopes: modcalc & mafic/int gran FD Dry flats, gentle slopes: modcalc & mafic/int gran FC Dry flats, gentle slopes: modcalc & mafic/int gran Open Dry flats, gentle slopes: calc FD Dry flats, gentle slopes: calc FC Dry flats, gentle slopes: calc Open Dry flats, gentle slopes: ultramafic, any cover Dry flats, gentle slopes: fine seds FD Dry flats, gentle slopes: fine seds FC Dry flats, gentle slopes: fine seds Open Dry flats, gentle slopes: coarse seds FD Dry flats, gentle slopes: coarse seds FC Dry flats, gentle slopes: coarse seds Open MONMOUTH MONMOUTH Wet flats, acidic: FD Wet flats, acidic: FC Wet flats, acidic: Open Wet flats, calc/mod calc/mafic-int gran: FD Wet flats, calc/mod calc/mafic-int gran: FC Wet flats, calc/mod calc/mafic-int gran: Open Wet flats, gentle slopes, ultramafic: Open Wet flats, coarse seds: FD Wet flats, coarse seds: FC Wet flats, coarse seds: Open Wet flats, fine seds: FD Wet flats, fine seds: FC Wet flats, fine seds: Open Woody wetland, any lithology Emergent wetland, any lithology Shores bordering water body, any substrate, mostly FD Developed Agriculture Water
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Pottsville
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PA
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Doylestown
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MONTGOMERY
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Allentown
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Predicted ecological systems in the Brandywine Creek watershed in PA (within polygon at right) 347: Eastern Serpentine Woodland 582: Laurentian-Acadian Wet Meadow-Shrub Swamp 591: Central Appalachian Dry Oak-Pine Forest 592: NE Interior Dry-mesic Oak Forest 594: Laurentian-Acadian Freshwater Marsh 601: North-central Appalachian Acidic Cliff & Talus 603: North-central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff & Talus 607: North-central Appalachian Seepage Fen 608: Central Appalachian Floodplain 609: Central Appalachian Stream & Riparian 700: North-central Interior Wet Flatwoods Open water Developed Agriculture
Phoenixville
CHESTER
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Fort Dix
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PHILADELPHIA
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Coatesville
West Chester #
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BURLINGTON Camden #
DELAWARE CAMDEN
Chester #
OCEAN GLOUCESTER
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Newark
MD SALEM
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Salem
Predicted ecological systems in the DE & NJ portions of the Estuary watershed 519: NACP Tidal Salt Marsh 894: NACP Brackish Tidal Marsh 516: NACP Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh 282: NACP Tidal Swamp 302: NACP Maritime Forest 264/301: NACP Sandy Beach/Dune & Maritime Grassland 518: NACP Pondshore 594: Laurentian-Acadian Freshwater Marsh 893: ACP Northern Bog 522: NACP Basin Peat Swamp 520: NACP Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwoods 374: NACP Pitch Pine Lowland 269: Pitch Pine barrens 242: ACP Mesic Hardwood Forest 475: NACP (Dry) Hardwood Forest 592: NE Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest 070: NACP Stream and River 608: Central Appalachian River Floodplain 609: Central Appalachian Stream and Riparian Development Agriculture Semi Natural/Successional Vegetation (DE) Open water
NEW CASTLE
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Vineland
ATLANTIC
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Bridgeton
CUMBERLAND
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Millville
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Smyrna
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Ecological Systems in the Watershed of the Delaware River Estuary
Dover
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Estuary watershed boundary Three areas with completed predictive ecological system models: NJ, DE, and the Brandywine Creek watershed in PA
State lines County lines Major roads
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Milford
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SCHUYLKILL #
Pottsville
LEHIGH Hamburg #
PA
NJ BERKS BUCKS Reading #
#
Doylestown
Pottstown #
Warminster #
MONTGOMERY
#
Allentown
Levittown #
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Predicted ecological systems in the Brandywine Creek watershed in PA (within polygon at right) 347: Eastern Serpentine Woodland 582: Laurentian-Acadian Wet Meadow-Shrub Swamp 591: Central Appalachian Dry Oak-Pine Forest 592: NE Interior Dry-mesic Oak Forest 594: Laurentian-Acadian Freshwater Marsh 601: North-central Appalachian Acidic Cliff & Talus 603: North-central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff & Talus 607: North-central Appalachian Seepage Fen 608: Central Appalachian Floodplain 609: Central Appalachian Stream & Riparian 700: North-central Interior Wet Flatwoods Open water Developed Agriculture
Phoenixville
CHESTER
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Fort Dix
Downingtown #
Mount Holly #
PHILADELPHIA
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Coatesville
West Chester #
Philadelphia #
BURLINGTON Camden #
DELAWARE CAMDEN
Chester #
OCEAN GLOUCESTER
Wilmington #
Glassboro #
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Newark
MD SALEM
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Salem
Predicted ecological systems in the DE & NJ portions of the Estuary watershed 519: NACP Tidal Salt Marsh 894: NACP Brackish Tidal Marsh 516: NACP Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh 282: NACP Tidal Swamp 302: NACP Maritime Forest 264/301: NACP Sandy Beach/Dune & Maritime Grassland 518: NACP Pondshore 594: Laurentian-Acadian Freshwater Marsh 893: ACP Northern Bog 522: NACP Basin Peat Swamp 520: NACP Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwoods 374: NACP Pitch Pine Lowland 269: Pitch Pine barrens 242: ACP Mesic Hardwood Forest 475: NACP (Dry) Hardwood Forest 592: NE Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest 070: NACP Stream and River 608: Central Appalachian River Floodplain 609: Central Appalachian Stream and Riparian Development Agriculture Semi Natural/Successional Vegetation (DE) Open water
NEW CASTLE
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Vineland
ATLANTIC
Middletown #
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Bridgeton
CUMBERLAND
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Millville
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Smyrna
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Ecological Systems in the Watershed of the Delaware River Estuary
Dover
CAPE MAY
KENT
Estuary watershed boundary Three areas with completed predictive ecological system models: NJ, DE, and the Brandywine Creek watershed in PA
State lines County lines Major roads
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Milford
DE N SUSSEX
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10
20
Scale 1:300,000 C:\Data\DelRivEstuary\delrivest809_whalen.apr-- September 2009
30
40 Miles
