44 COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION 



A sample strip of an acre in Wollaston showed the following composition of the 

 hardwood type. 



Number of Trees per Acre on a Medixjm Slope 



Species — Veterans Standards Poles Saplings Total Per cent 



Sugar Maple 20 52 40 20 132 85.0 



Beech 8 .. .. 8 5.0 



Basswood .. 8 .. .. 8 5.0 



YeUow Birch .. 4 .. 4 2.5 



Hop Hornbeam .. 4 .. 4 2.5 



Total 20 68 48 20 156 100.0 



Percent 12.8 43.6 30.8 12.8 



In the township of Chandos a sample acre in a virgin hardwood forest revealed 

 an almost pure maple tj'pe as is shown below. 



Number of Trees per Acre on a Medium Slope 



Species — Veterans Standards Poles Saplings Total Per cent 



Sugar Maple 28 124 .. 152 95.0 



Elm 4 .. 4 2.5 



Hop Hornbeam 4 4 2.5 



Total 4 28 124 4 160 100.0 



Percent 2.5 17.5 77.5 2.5 



Sample plots in the large block of hardwoods in northern Anstruther show them 

 to be of the following composition. 



Number of Trees per Acre on a Flat Plateau 



Species— Veterans Standards Poles Saplings Total Per cent 



Beech >6 42 80 46 174 63.5 



Sugar Maple 12 .. 2 80 94 34.3 



Hemlock .. 4 .. 4 1.5 



Yellow Birch 2 .. .. .. _2 0.7 



Total 20 42 86 126 274 100.0 



Percent 7.3 15.3 31.4 46 



Regarding only the dominant trees one finds the stand to be 77.4 per cent 

 beech, 19.4 per cent sugar maple, and 3.2 per cent yellow birch. The soil was a foot 

 deep to a pavement of stones. Compared with the maple, the beech occupies the 

 thinner, more stony soils. This fact is known to the farmers of the region, who avoid 

 clearing beech lands. On an adjacent ridge where the soil was from 24 inches to 30 

 inches deep the stand was mostly maple, as is shown below. 



Number of Trees per Acre on a Low Ridge 



Species — Veterans Standards Poles Saplings Total Per cent 



Sugar Maple 4 50 54 70 178 69.2 



Hemlock 2 2 22 .. 26 10.1 



Basswood 6 8 . . 14 5.5 



Hop Hornbeam .. 12 .. 12 4.7 



White Ash 2 2 6 10 3.9 



Beech 2 6 1 9 3.5 



YeUow Birch 4 2 .. .. 6 2.3 



Balaam .. 2 2 0.8 



Total 10 64 104 79 257 100.0 



Per cent 3.9 24.9 40.5 30.7 



Considered from the standpoint of the dominant trees, the stand shows 

 73 per cent maple, 8.1 per cent each of basswood and yellow birch, 5.4 per cent 

 hemlock, 2.7 per cent each of white ash and beech. 



