MARSH SEQUENCE 



BOG SEQUENCE 



m^. 



OPEN WATER 



(LACUSTRINE 

 CONDITIONS) 



PALUSTRINE 

 OPEN WATER 



PALUSTRINE 

 EMERGENT WETLAN 



(VEGETATION IN 

 STANDING WATER) 



PALUSTRINE 



SCRUB/SHRUB 



WETLAND 



(SATURATED 

 SEDIMENTS. NO 

 STANDING WATER) 



PALUSTRINE 

 SCRUB/SHRUB 

 OR FORESTED 

 WETLANDS 



INITIATION OF 

 FLOATING MAT 



(PALUSTRINE OPEN 

 WATER; PALUSTRINE 

 EMERGENT WETLAND) 



DEVELOPMENT OF 

 FLOATING MAT AND 

 FALSE BOTTOM 



(PALUSTRINE EMERGENT 

 R SCRUB/SHRUB WETLAND) 



CLOSING OF OPEN 

 WATER: CONSOLI- 

 DATION OF MAT 



(PALUSTRINE SCRUB/ 

 SHRUB WETLAND) 



FILLED BASIN OR 

 LOWMOOR BOG 



(PALUSTRINE 



SCRUB/SHRUB OR 



FORESTED WETLAND) 



RAISED OR 

 DOMED BOG 



(PALUSTINE 

 SCRUB/SHRUB OR 

 FORESTED WETLAND) 



UPLAND FOREST 



Figure 8-3. 



Two patterns of palustrine succession in coastal Maine (adapted 

 from Wetzel 1975 and Dansereau and Segadas-Vianna 1952). 



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