Natural Processes
Natural processes shape the land, create soil and topsoil, influence the water supply, and help determine the plants and animals that live in each natural community. Some natural processes act on large scales and affect more than one natural community at a time.
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In This Community
Important natural processes in the Chestnut Oak - Virginia Pine Woodland include these:
- occasional fire
- processes that create dry soils
In the Broader Landscape
An ecological system is a group of several natural communities that share some features of physical setting and many of the same natural processes, plants, and animals.
The Chestnut Oak - Virginia Pine Woodland is the only natural community in the Pine – Oak Rocky Woodlands Ecological System in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. Any other natural communities in this ecological system are beyond the borders of the park.
Ecobit: Natural Processes Are Bigger Than Natural Communities
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Chestnut Oak - Virginia Pine Woodland