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Natural and semi-natural vegetation covers 4,209.6 acres (1,703.6 ha), or >98% of the park. Of that area, 76% is in woodland or forest and 23% is herbaceous vegetation. Two-thirds of the grasslands are mowed more than once annually and are dominated primarily by the non-native tall fescue (Schedonorusphoenix). Dry and typic upland oak-hickory woodland and forest together comprise 2,481 acres (1,004 ha), or 59% of the natural and semi-natural vegetation of the park.
Most of WICR, including 1,836 acres (743 hectares), or 93%, is semi-natural, whereas 7% is developed or in croplands designed to enhance interpretation of the battlefield during the engagement. Grasslands, including periodically mowed or burned open areas, cover roughly half of WICR. Successional woodlands and forests cover the other half. Small glades, though they cover Lesquerellafiliformis; Annis et al. 2011). Open areas at WICR are variable across years due to periodic mowing or burning. After mowing or prescribed fire, areas show a grassland aspect for one season, and thereafter appear increasingly shrub-dominated as perennial shrubs overtop grasses. Open areas also vary across short spatial scales, which reflects...
A total of 237 acres (96 hectares) are within the accepted boundaries of GWCA. Restored tallgrass prairie made up most of the current vegetation of the park, and accounted for 134 acres (54.1 ha) in eight polygons, or 56.5% of the total area. Ruderal woodland and forest was the next most abundant with 53.6 acres in eight polygons, or 22.6% of the park. Non-native ruderal grassland and ruderal shrubland accounted for 25 acres (10.1 ha or 10.5%) and 2.2 acres (0.9 ha).
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