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The stand is providing excellent wildlife habitat. The beaver activity provides a constant supply of young tree sprouts and several areas of open, grassy cover. Common cattails, rushes, sedges, and bunch grasses are all present to varying degrees. Many of the older trees left along the stream channel are providing den sites, feeding sites for insects and birds, and some canopy structure as well. Native grapes are common and an excellent source of soft mast within the stand. Smooth alder is scattered throughout the stand providing some winter food sources and good bank stabilization. Non - native species, Japanese stiltgrass and multiflora rose are both inhibiting growth of more desirable native plants, particularly where more sun is reaching the forest floor. The following table offers a general summary of the stand: Stand: 4 Acreage: Site Soils: Slope: Aspect: Landform: Site Index: Vegetation Primary Tree Species: Secondary Tree Species: Stocking: DBH of timber species: Shrubs: Herbs: Vines: Advance Regeneration: Invasive Plants: Recommendations: 8 Age: 14 Chewacla 0 -55 east concave: creek bottom 100 for tulip poplar sweetgum, tulip poplar, red maple winged elm, hickories, oaks 80 square feet per acre 3"-6" smooth alder grasses, sedges, rushes, forbs grapes, catbrier NA Japanese stiltgrass, multiflora rose Little action is necessary in the short term for this stand to continue providing its non - timber benefits. Roses could be removed from the stand using mechanical or chemical control, but the Japanese stiltgrass is not feasible to control. A trail following the southern stream bank east from the pond, crossing the stream at the approximate midpoint of the stand, and following the northern bank to the southern edge of Stand 1 would make an excellent route for easy hiking, viewing wildlife or wildflowers, or monitoring the property. 22 169