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 MANAGEMENT ANi> PRESERVATION RECOMMENDATION 



For t 

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 pr obab ly b 

 needed for 



At th 

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 on the Int 

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ct to maintain its biological value, it should be 

 present state. Preservation by itself would 

 ate; little future management would probably be 

 ardwood tract . 

 , there are two potential threats to the area; 



would almost certainly be c lear -cu t t ing , especially 

 nal Paper Co. land. 2) introduction of drainage 

 t land. The firest threat, c le ar -cu 1 1 ing , would 

 atible with the values of the tract, of course, 



habitat would be destroyed and most or all of the 

 d be forced from the area. The introduction of 

 s difficult to evaluate, but could lower the water 



s not contacted and his feelings 

 to us. International Paper Co. 

 lie image, granting a conservation 

 the tract, especially if the 



stressed. Their attitude might 

 f the major owner. 



er of the tract wa 

 ation are unknown 

 o" the .«akp of pub 



small portion of 

 rarer species were 

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RATING: Medium+ priority 



STATEMENT OF SITE SIGNIFICANCE 



This forest, because of its s 

 the trees, is the most impressive 

 It is also notable because it is n 

 most of the larger hardwood areas 

 those situations. In part of the 

 structural component (shrub level) 

 elsewhere in this county. Also, a 

 generally uncommon in this county, 

 provides dominant ground cover on 



This forest provides habitat 

 Turkey vulture, black vulture, and 

 threatened, are resident here. Th 

 certainly breeds within the tract; 

 species of special concern are bre 

 green warbler, Swainson's warbler, 

 black-throated green warbler is mo 

 second highest breeding population 

 status, the worm-eating warbler br 

 Near the south end of the tract, t 

 5-10 paris of American redstarts, 

 bird in the outer coastal plain of 

 population is one of only three in 



Although not natural, a site 

 a large population of two rare fer 

 richness of the tract. The site i 

 tract, at the border of the forest 

 inland waterway. Shell material f 

 soil pH , and this appears to be wh 

 The lypteris kun th i i and Dryopteris 

 second record of the Th e lypteris f 

 site at which the species has been 

 the first record of the Dryopteris 

 considered to be threatened in Nor 



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turity of 

 is county. 

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 a ma j or 

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lack-throated 



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ay have the 



etermined 



the tract, 

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e area harboring 



the biological 

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numbers of 

 ears to be the 

 the northernmost 

 apparently also 

 this species is 



