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quadrat, so that conditions might not have heon entirely 
typical, Funaria hygrometrioa was found to be very common 
in burned areas over various parts of the region. In 
general the oak sprouts soern to be the ecological equivalent 
of young rod pine. The ground cover was much the sane as 
the preceding quadrat, with the exception of Polygonum dume - 
torum, a very common species along- the edge of the meso- 
phytic forest, 
QUADRAT 6 represents a transitional stage from 
quadrat number 5, in which the oak constituent has reached 
a higher 3tage of development, the individuals attaining 
a height of from 7 - 10 m., with much less sprouting, though 
still indicating somewhat unfavorable conditions. The pre¬ 
sence of red maple and numerous sugar maple in the northern 
half of the quadrat indicated the transition to the meso- 
phytic maple forest. 
QUADRAT 7, The striking feature of this quadrat 
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v/as the dominance (in numbers) of sugar maple saplings 
5-10 cm. in diameter. Intermingled with these were well 
developed specimens of red oak (up to 15 m. or more high), 
hop hornbeam ( Ostrya virginiana ) and yellow birch ( Betula 
lutea ). 
Following quadrat 7, the maples gradually in¬ 
crease in size, ofton accompanied by basswood and a thick 
