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THE FORESTS OF GARRETT COUNTY 



along the foot of this slope and with its completion logging will 

 commence. (See Plate IX, Fig. 2.) 



The character of the stand is shown in the following table: 



TABLE NO. 5. 



SUB-TYPE : HEMLOCK. 



Averag'e of 25 acres. 



Trees 12 inches and over in diameter breast-high. 



Species. 



Average Percentage Average Average 

 number of of each diameter stand, 



trees per acre, species, breast-high. per acre. 



(Doyle Rule.) 



Hemlock 54.72 



Yellow Birch 4.20 



Sugar Maple 1.56 



Beech 1.00 



Basswood 76 



Red Maple 40 



White Oak 20 



White Pine 16 



Sweet Birch 12 



Chestnut 08 



Red Oak 04 



Chestnut Oak 



Spruce 



Other species 36 



Average of all species 63.60 



.56 



100.00 



16.3 

 19.6 



62.52 



29,466.29 



Swamp Timber. 



This is the last of the three principal types of virgin forest. The 

 other two, Ridge Timber and Slope Timber, have each a much larger 

 acreage than this. The Swamp Timber has fewer species than any 

 of the types of forest, and yet contains the most valuable timber of 

 all. The principal species are Spruce and White Pine, with a varying 

 amount of Hemlock. The areas occupied by this type surround and 

 extend into the swamps and sedge-covered tracts along the streams, 

 known as Glades and mountain meadows. The wetter portions of 

 these areas are covered with herbaceous plants and alder brush, and 

 the drier portions are heavily wooded. The timber growth is mainly 

 Spruce, with occasional groups of excellent White Pine. The last 

 of this Swamp Timber is found in the depressions between Negro 

 and Meadow mountains at the head of Cherry Creek. It is being 



