B-12 



Eastern hognose snake Heterodon platyrhinos 



Black racer Coluber constrictor 



Yellow shafted flicker Colaptes auratus 



Mockingbird Mimus polyglottus 



Prairie warbler Dendroica discolor 



Red winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 



Boat tailed grackle Cassidix mexicanus 



Meadowlark Sturnella magna 



Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 



Opossum Didelphis marsupialis 



Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus f loridanus 



White footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus 



Meadow jumping mouse Zapus hudsonius 



Gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus 



Raccoon Procyon lotor 



Mink Mustela vison 



The critical environmental factors in this community are 

 basically the same as those of the dune community, however, they are 

 less severe due to the protection afforded by the foredune complex. 



Maritime Forest 



This community type develops immediately behind the maritime 

 shrub thicket community and consists of closely spaced trees. It 

 occurs on the mainland and/or on offshore islands and barrier beaches. 

 Although protected to some extent by large dunes and maritime shrub 

 thicket, it is strongly influenced by salt spray blown in from the 

 Atlantic Ocean (Wells, 1939; Boyce, 1954). 



The community is dominated by redcedar Juniperus virginiana , 

 holly Ilex opaca , bear oak Quercus ilicif olia and pitch pine Pinus 

 rigida . (Harshberger, 1900). 



Maritime forest normally develops on old dune systems and 

 interdunal freshwater marshes and ponds are common. The presence 

 of this freshwater supply allows for large populations of wildlife, 

 many species not normally associated with forest communities. 



Typical animals include: 



Snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina 



Eastern mud turtle Kinosternon sub rub rum 



Spotted turtle Clemmys guttata 



Ground skink Ly go soma laterale 



Five lined skink Eumeces fasciatus 



Water snake Natrix sipedon 



Eastern hognose snake Heterodon platyrhinos 



