130 



FouETH Annual Repokt of the 



throughout the type, but the larger trees are found in the moister 

 situations where the soil is of superior quality. The ash and 

 basswood is restricted to the deeper soils on the lower slopes and 

 consists mainly of second growth which has come in since the 

 removal of the hemlock from the original stand. The hemlock 

 was formerly well distributed in this type, but now occurs only 

 locally. Balsam fir and black cherry enter into the composition 

 of this type to a very limited degree only. (See stand table 4.) 

 This type comprises merchantable area of 1,730.48 acres with 

 an average stand of 81 trees per acre and an unreduced volume 

 of about 6,000 board feet of merchantable material. There are 

 within this type also 131.57 acres of unmerchantable burn and 

 72.18 acres of cut-over land, making the total area of the slope 

 type 1,934.23 acres. 



Table 4. — Stand Table 



Slope Type — Average number trees per acre based upon 84.86 

 sample acres. 



