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35 <br />It x3 <br />Color, <br />ct� <br />observed within this reach. A Leopard frog and Cricket frog were also seen near the <br />stream. <br />Mesic Mixed Hardwood Forest — Piedmont Subtype 0 6.54% Coverage) <br />Mesic mixed hardwood forest — piedmont subtype are characterized by deep, well - <br />drained, somewhat acid soils on lower slopes, steep north- facing slopes, ravines, and <br />occasionally well- drained small stream bottoms on acidic soils. (Schafale and Weakley <br />1990). The community canopy is dominated by American beech and White and Northern <br />red oak. Large specimen trees of both the American Beech and White Oak were <br />observed along the ridge within this community. The primary species observed in this <br />community are included in Table 2. <br />Table 2. Alesic Mixed Hardwood Forest— Piedmont Subtype <br />Canopy <br />Sub - Canopy <br />Shrub <br />Herbaceous <br />Vines <br />American beech* <br />American beech* <br />Lo\vbush blueberry* <br />Beech drops* <br />Common greenbrier <br />White oak* <br />Bitternut hickory <br />Highbush blueberry <br />Crane -fly orchid <br />Japanese honeysuckle <br />Northern red oak* <br />Black gum <br />American holly <br />saplings <br />Grape fern <br />Poison ivy* <br />Loblolly pine <br />Eastern red cedar <br />Sourwood saplings <br />Southern lady fern <br />Red maple <br />Flowering dogwood <br />Spotted wintergreen <br />Tulip poplar <br />Willow oak <br />Sweet gum' <br />Ironwood <br />Southern red oak. <br />Pignut hickory <br />j Indicates dominant species <br />Faunal species observed within the mesic mixed hardwood forest — piedmont subtype <br />community include orb weaver spiders, patent - leather beetles, Eastern fence lizard, and <br />deer (scat). <br />Maintained / Disturbed (43.61% Coverage) <br />This community includes soccer fields, a baseball field, horse pastures, a pig pen, <br />playgrounds, parking lot and facility landscaping, and gardens that are maintained by the <br />school. This community is highly variable in plant associations with some areas lacking <br />canopy and sub - canopy structure due to routine maintenance; therefore, it cannot be <br />associated with a natural plant community. The primary species observed are included in <br />Table 3. Although this community is fragmented, there are intact canopies providing <br />wildlife corridors to the adjacent natural communities. <br />CFS Biological Inventory 4 October 2011 <br />TCG Job 96145 <br />