Oak woodlands

Caution

Overall Condition

Unknown

Overall Trend

Moderate

Overall Confidence
Metric Condition Trend Confidence
1. Percent Conserved

Percent of baseline oak woodlands conserved


Concern

Improving

Moderate
2. Ecological Integrity

Percent of trees in oak woodlands in high integrity class based on tree greenness


Good

Unknown

Moderate
Current Status
The current overall condition status of the Oak Woodland Vegetation Community Indicator was evaluated as Caution. While conservation targets have not yet been reached (percent conserved; Metric 1), the health of conserved oak woodland is in Good condition (ecological integrity; Metric 2). Ecological integrity was measured as the percent of healthy (living) trees and while high in 2014, showed clusters of die-offs that may be early indicators of the start of a decline in ecological integrity. Large-scale changes are likely to have occurred since 2014 with the increase in intensity and duration of drought and spread of fungal pathogens and invasive, nonnative pests. Additional analyses over multiple years are required to understand the exact impacts of many of the newly emerging and ongoing threats. As more information becomes available, additional metrics on the composition of native and nonnative plants and the acreage restored or enhanced will be added.
Species information
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Species Information

Metric 1 - Percent Conserved

Concern

Overall Condition

Improving

Overall Trend

Moderate

Overall Confidence

Metric 2 - Ecological Integrity

Good

Overall Condition

Unknown

Overall Trend

Moderate

Overall Confidence