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DESCRIPTION OF SITE 



This hardwood tract covers ca. 300 

 rectangular, ca. one mile x \ mile, the 

 The forest has many species characteris 

 similarly "wet" areas in this county, b 

 floodplain and it never or rarely has s 

 usually "fairly moist but rarely wet" s 

 due to the fact that the area sits on a 

 decline. The western edge of the area 

 13' ; at the eastern edge, the elevation 

 excavation of the intracoastal waterway 

 eastern edge of the area probably also 

 situation. However, it should be noted 

 trees in the tract outdate the waterway 

 Species composition varies with' the 

 Liqu idambar styraciflua is the major tr 

 it is dominant; at others, it is co-dom 

 and Fr ax inus sp. ( t omen t o s a ? ) . In one 

 edge of the tract, ca. 30% of the canop 

 P inu s taeda-- 100' high with a DBH of 2 

 there are several F_£^u _s gra nd i f o 1 ia , b u 

 DBH less than 18". 



Average DBH of all ca 

 points, it is 24". Larges 

 DBH -4 ' ; Quercus laur if oli 

 80 ' , but is locally lOO'''. 



Over most of the area 

 fairly open and is compris 

 Ilex £££££ • The shrub lay 

 most of the area, there is 

 patches of Leucothoe axill 

 m_i n ££ often forms a defini 

 are impressive, with frond 

 the c oun t y . 



Ground cover also varies from s 

 most of the area, the cover is spars 

 and other species alternating with n 

 northeast , Polys t i c hum a c r ££ t_ i cho ide 



Woody vines are common but do n 

 Decumaria barbara is probably most c 

 was not noted. If present, it is sp 



At the northeast corner of the 

 that deserves special mention. Here 

 where the edge of spoil material fro 

 is an abundance of ferns, primarily 

 Dryopter is ce l_s a . We do not know of 

 found in the county before. The soi 

 (probably locally higher), compared 

 the spoil material. The T helypteris 

 of this situation; the Dry opte ris 



acres, and is roughly 

 long axis north-south. 



tic of floodplains and 



ut the area is not a 



tanding water. This 



ituation is probably largely 

 broad slight elevational 



has an elevation of ca. 

 isca. 8'. Themajor 

 only 200 yards from the 



contributes to the moisture 

 that many of the canopy 



tract, but, in general, 

 ee. At some points, 

 inant with Q uercus mi chaux j^j^ 

 small area along the west 

 y trees are notably large 

 ' . In another limited area, 

 t these are mostly small-- 



nopy trees is ca. 20' , but at some 



t trees seen were L ir i odend r on tulipifera 



a, DBH- 3.5'. Canopy height is mostly 



, the understory is similar. It is 



ed primarily of Carpinus carol iniana and 



er vegetation is more variable. Over 



generally no shrub stratum, except for 

 aris_. Toward the north and east, ££_baj^ 

 te shrub layer. At one point, the palmettos 

 s over 6' , the largest we have seen in 



outhwest to northeast. Over 



e, patches of Wo o dw a rd ia a r e o lata 



early bare ground. To the 



s often forms moderate cover. 



ot provide significant cover; 



ommon . Tilla ndsia u sn e o j^d e s 



ar se . 



tract, there is a small area 



, at the edge of the forest, 



m the waterway is present, there 



The lypteris kunthii and 



ma 



either 

 1 pH her 

 to 6.0 t 



is cert 

 y be . 



of these species being 

 e is at least 6.5 

 o the west away from 

 ainly present because 



