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195 <br />Faunal species obseiTed within the t --M i Oak-Hickory forest community include <br />spiders, box tuf les, great-crested flyeatchers, yellow billed cuel oo , red-spotted puq.31e , <br />pearly oyes, and deer. <br />Piedmont /Low Mo nWin Alluvial ia.l Foxiest — Disturbed State (16.4% Cover <br />This cornmunity is found in floo 1plai s too small to have distinguishable vegetative <br />zones and is dominated by a variety of alluvial soils and vegetation Sh falo and We l ley <br />I990). This community was observed neap; the two water -ways drainage features on the <br />property, The community on this property is described as "disturbed" due to a significant <br />amount of efuse and Human activities observed throughmit the area. The primary <br />species observed are included in Fable 2. <br />"fable 2. Piedmontffiow Mountain AlitiviAl Forest `vegetative Community <br />Canopy u b- ano <br />Shrub <br />Herbaceous <br />Vines <br />sweetgulli American elm* <br />Chinese privet** <br />Nepaleso <br />wisterias <br />Eastern red ciedar <br />Pokeberry <br />{ <br />bro�'R n i ii�'1' <br />nd r w's cross <br />Green ash* Slippery Chn* <br />Mockernut hickory <br />Mixed grasses <br />Common greenbrier <br />Red maple nier1 an beech <br />Biackhaw <br />Green ash saplin s <br />Trumpet creeper <br />Loblolly pino Easteni red cedar <br />1fackberry <br />Sedges <br />Polson ivy <br />Willow oak Black cherry <br />Brae enfern <br />Black oak white oak <br />wild grape <br />'ill• l la ii Willow oak <br />Strawbeny bush <br />Indicates dominant species <br />tfivaslvefxotic species <br />aUtial species observed within the Piedmont/Low Mountain Alluvial Forest community <br />include Carolina wren, wbite- breasted nuthatch, red- bellied woodpeckers, and great - <br />crested flyeatchers. <br />Disturbed/Maintained Commune (20AD/o Covera o <br />This vegetative community is found in powerline ri ht�o r ways and in abandoned <br />residential areas. This coinmu pity is comprised of species that thrive its disturbed <br />habitats, and also includes species associated with the adjacent Commullities. It is <br />variable in plant associations and structure, and cannot be associated Nvith a natural plant <br />community. The pfli ary species observed are. included in Table 3. <br />Fable 3, Disturbed/Mahitaffied Vegetativo Comilluni y <br />Caro Sub-Canopy hrub Herbaccous Ville's <br />None None Willow oak Ncpalesc browntop Wisteria" <br />Loblolly pille <br />Mud grasses Blackberry <br />Chinese privet's <br />Pokeweed <br />Winged elin <br />Shepherd's purse <br />hortle fr Mlle <br />Common rush <br />Eastern red ciedar <br />Pokeberry <br />nd r w's cross <br />orsewee d <br />Wood sorrel <br />-Pearly everlasting <br />Queen A -pe' {ice <br />Eflanct Bio bi entory 3 AtI 11St 2003 <br />T C0 fo1)7 -? 6 t 1 <br />