B-20 



White breasted nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 



Carolina wren Thryothorus ludovicanus 



Wood thrust Hylocichla mustelina 



Yellow throated vireo Vireo f lavifrons 



Red eyed vireo Vireo olivaceus 



Black and white warbler Mniotilta varia 



Oven bird Seiurus aurocapillus 



Hooded warbler Wilsonia citrina 



Summer tanager Piranga rubra 



Cardinal Richmondena cardinalis 



Slate colored junco Junco hyemalis 



Opossum Didelphis marsupialis 



Masked shrew Sorex cinereus 



Short tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda 



Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus f loridanus 



Eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus 



Gray squirrel Seiurus carolinensis 



Fox squirrel Seiurus niger 



Flying squirrel Glaucomys volans 



White footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus 



Pine vole Pitymys pinetorum 



Gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus 



Raccoon Procyon lotor 



Long tailed weasel Mustela frenata 



Striped skunk Mephitis mephitis 



White tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus 



Critical environmental factors controlling the character 

 of this community include water holding capacity of the soil, 

 frequency of disturbance, and topography. 



Old Field Community 



This is a community type which occurs over the entire 

 Atlantic Coastal Plain in almost all upland situations. The old 

 field community develops on abandoned lands, particularly 

 agricultural lands. 



The vegetational composition of these old fields is 

 largely dependent on the amount of time since abandonment. 

 Immediately following abandonment weeds invade the land including 

 crabgrass Digitaria sanguinalis and horseweed Erigeron canadensis . 

 The first year after abandonment, old fields are totally domi- 

 nated by horseweed. The next few years the old field community 

 is dominated by white aster Aster pilosus . During this time, 

 broomsedge Andropogon virginicus appears and begins to spread 

 until it eventually dominates the old field community. During 

 the broomsedge stage, young pines begin to appear in the fields 

 and eventually as they grow their crowns meet and a closed 

 canopy develops. Once this occurs the broomsedge will become 



