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Glaciated Triassic Lowlands

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The Glaciated Triassic Lowlands ecoregion occurs in New York on Staten Island and in Rockland County between the Glaciated Reading Prong/Hudson Highlands (58i) and the Hudson River Palisades in Ecoregion 64b; it is a portion of a much larger ecoregion that extends to the southwest across the piedmont of New Jersey. The Glaciated Triassic Lowlands are undulating plains underlain by erodible Triassic sandstones and shales and covered by glacial drift. Glacial till covering the Triassic Lowlands is composed of acidic red sandstone and shale. Located near the ocean, the region has a moderate climate and a long growing season. Native vegetation in much of the Glaciated Triassic Lowlands has been replaced by

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