B-16 



Pileated woodpecker Hylatomus pileatus 



Red headed woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus 



Acadian flycatcher Empidonax virescens 



Prothonotary warbler Protonotarla citrea 



Cardinal Richmondena cardinal is 



Opossum Didelphis marsupialis 



Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus f loridanus 



Gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 



Fox squirrel Sciurus niger 



Flying squirrel Glaucomys volans 



Beaver Castor canadensis 



Gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus 



Black bear Ursus americanus 



Raccoon Procyon lotor 



Mink Mustela vison 



River Otter Lutra canadensis 



Bobcat Lynx rufus 



White tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus 



Critical environmental factors controlling the composition 

 of this community include duration of flooding, elevation and 

 drainage of soil, occurrence of fire and length of time covered 

 with vegetation. 



Upland Pine Forest 



This community type is here divided into two phases, 

 loblolly pine-shortleaf pine phase and pitch pine phase. The 

 overall importance of this community in the uplands of the 

 Atlantic Coastal Plain reflects the history of disturbance in 

 this region. The community is successional in nature, being com- 

 prised of a canopy of pines Pinus spp . and an understory of hard- 

 woods usually dominated by oaks Quercus spp . 



The loblolly pine-shortleaf pine phase occupies the 

 disturbed upland habitats and is definitely successional. It is 

 generally associated with soils which possess more clay than the 

 soils in the pine flatwoods which are generally quite sandy. 

 Loblolly pine Pinus taeda in particular is the first tree species 

 to invade abandoned lands. It may dominate the forest for more 

 than 80 years before the climax hardwoods become dominant (Oosting, 

 1942) . Shortleaf pine Pinus echinata . also a pioneer species, 

 attains its best development in the drier habitats as on ridge 

 tops. Except in the youngest stands, an understory of mixed hard- 

 woods including white oak Quercus alba , scarlet oak Quercus coccinea , 

 red oak Quercus rubra, black oak Quercus velutina, post oak Quercus 

 stellata, southern red oak Quercus falcata , water oak Quercus nigra , 



