TABLE No. 1 Classification of Land Area 



Area 

 Name of Type acres Per cent. 



1. Softwoods-Hardwoods 166 14 



2. Mixed Hardwoods 457 38 



3. Oak Ridge 429 35 



4. Old Field 59 5 



5. Swamp 42 4 



6. Forest Plantations 26 2 



7. Miscellaneous 1 . 35 2 



1,214 100 



1 Miscellaneous types include brush land covered with alder, 

 etc., ponds, cliffs and small pieces of pasture. 



In the softwood-hardwood type at least 80% 

 of the trees are softwoods, hemlock and white 

 pine. Hardwoods such as chestnut, oak, maple, 

 red and white oak, gray birch, beech, tulip and 

 basswood are mixed with the softwoods. 



The mixed hardwood type has occasional speci- 

 mens of hemlock and pine, but is mostly hard- 

 woods of the foregoing species with black and 

 scarlet oak added. 



In the Oak Ridge type the chestnut oak pre- 

 dominates with considerable black and scarlet 

 oak and a scattering of the other species. 



The Old Field type is a scattering growth of 

 gray birch, soft maple, with occasional white 

 pine, hickory, ash and poplar. These trees have 

 come in gradually during the past thirty years 

 since the land was abandoned for farming. 



In the swamp type soft maple, yellow birch, 

 white ash and hemlock are the important trees 

 with occasional elm and poplar. 



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