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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Summary i <br />Introduction <br />Methods and Datalhrformation Sources 1 <br />2 <br />Cseneral Description of Site 2 <br />HabitatlSpeciesDwersity 3 <br />Human Created and Maintained Habitats 3 <br />Open Fields 3 <br />1, 6-acre Pond 3 <br />26-acre Pond 4 <br />Power Line Right-of=way q <br />Ephemeral Marsh 4 <br />Natural Wetlandliabitats <br />Four Mrle Branch and Unnamed Tributary 4 <br />4 <br />Vernal Pools 5 <br />Natural Woodland Habitats 5 <br />Pine Forest 6 <br />Dry Oak-Hickory Forest g <br />Upland Depression Swamp Forest 9 <br />Basic Mesic Forest lp <br />PiedmontlLow Mountain Alluvial Forest 10 <br />Raze Species 11 <br />Significant Trees <br />Habitat Interrelationships on Site and with Adjacent Sites 11 <br />11 <br />Landscape Ecology Defined 11 <br />Patches 12 <br />Corridors 12 <br />Matrix or context 12 <br />Landscape Ecology of'the Site <br />Habitat Integrity, Threats and Potential for Habitat Enhancement 12 <br />12 <br />Habitat Integrity 13 <br />Threats 14 <br />Habitat Enhancement <br />Appendix. A <br />Site Map <br />Site in Matrix <br />Appendix B <br />Site Habitat Locations <br />Photographs of Habitats (i - vi) <br />Appendix C - NC Natural Heritage Program Rare Species Database <br />Orange Cormty <br />Efland Quad 17 <br />30 <br />Appendix. D <br />References <br />