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If, during future farming or forestry activities, gaps of early successional habitat can be created <br />or perpetuated by removal of timber, this should be considered. Another option may be using a <br />heavy duty bush -hog. There are some younger patches within the stand that could be mowed <br />once every three to five years. <br />Stand 6 <br />Stand 6 is 6 acres located on the northern portion of the property and includes the smaller parcel. <br />Located on Georgeville soils on the top of the main ridge, slopes are nearly flat throughout. The <br />fifty year site index for loblolly pine is 100. <br />The stand is composed of two separate age classes of pine, but should be managed as one unit in <br />the future. The northern portion is about thirty five year old planted loblolly that has never been <br />thinned. The southern portion is about fifty years old and established on old fields, but was not <br />cut during the last harvest. Diameters in the younger trees are between 7 and 16 inches and the <br />older trees are between 14 and 20 inches. Understory and mid story hardwoods include red <br />maple, sourwood, sweetgum, and tulip poplar. <br />Figure 2: Stand 6 needs thinning <br />24 <br />171 <br />