48 COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION 



A few sample plots were made in the former type, and the tables below indicate 

 its composition. 



Number of Trees per Acre on the Crest of a Low Ridge, Lake Township 



Species— Standards Poles Saplings Total Per cent 



Hemlock 40 136 160 336 44.4 



Sugar Maple 8 32 168 208 27.3 



Beech 24 48 104 176 23.1 



YeUow Birch 16 ... 16 32 4.2 



Hop Hornbeam .. 8 ... 8 1.0 



Total 88 224 448 760 100.0 



Percent 11.6 29.5 58.9 



A sample plot was made in Wollaston on a gentle slope rising from a cedar 

 swamp. While the stand was mostly composed of hardwoods, yet it contained 

 enough hemlock to bring it into the mixed type. 



Number of Trees per Acre on a Gentle Slope near a Swamp, 

 Wollaston Township 

 Species — Veterans Standards Poles Saplings Total Per cent 



Sugar Maple 10 10 60 20 100 58.2 



Hemlock 20 30 .. 50 29.0 



Beech 20 .. 2 22 12.8 



Total 10 50 90 22 172 100.0 



Percent 5.8 29.1 52.3 12.8 



A slope arising from a stream in Anstruther had a mixed forest with the com- 

 position given below. 



Number of Trees per Acre on a Slope from a Stream, 

 Anstruther Township 

 Species — ■ Veterans Standards Poles 



Hemlock 25 12 



Sugar Maple 2 15 7 



Balaam . . . . 5 



Basswood . . 1 9 



YeUow Birch 19 3 



Beech 1 6 



Hop Hornbeam . . . . 7 



Cedar . . 2 



Ash 



Total 3 51 51 



Percent 2.1 37.0 37.0 



The sample plot below was made in Guilford township on a gentle slope from 

 a small lake. 



Number of Trees per Acre on a Gentle Slope from a Lake 



Species — Veterans Standards Poles Saplings Total Per cent 



Hemlock 32 40 .. 72 35.0 



Balsam 12 .. 22 34 16.5 



Sugar Maple 2 22 6 ..30 14.5 



Yellow Birch 6 18 4 28 13.6 



Basswood 6 12 4 22 10.7 



Hop Hornbeam .. 12 2 14 6.7 



Cedar .. .. 4 4 2.0 



Black Spruce 2 .. .. 2 1.0 



Total 2 80 88 36 206 100.0 



Percent 1.0 38.8 42.7 17.5 



