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Eastern Maine-Southern New Brunswick Plains

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The Eastern Maine-Southern New Brunswick Plains have a generally low-relief landscape, but some hills occur. Elevations are mostly 200 to 600 feet with many peaks over 1000 feet. A mix of bedrock geology is found here, including low-grade metamorphosed pelites and sandstones, as well as intrusive granitic rocks and some volcanics. There are many long, north-south trending eskers and kames. Organic and finer-textured soils occur in depressions and on broad flat lowlands. The region has numerous lakes, and the largest concentration of peatlands in Maine. The lakes are often shallow, and mostly low in nutrients and alkalinity. Some areas of calcareous sediments with generally atypical alkaline wetlands also occur in the region. The climate is milder than in ecoregions to the north and northwest, and is transitional to the coastal Ecoregion 82g. Spruce-fir forest is dominant, with northern hardwoods on drier sites and hills. Forestry activities are a dominant land use. A few blueberry barrens occur in the south near the boundary with Ecoregion 82g.

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