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~ENEIt,AI. DESCRIPTION OP SITE The properties being inventoried aze located in Cheeks Township, Orange County, North Cazolina on the north side of West Ten Road between Bucichom Road and Mt, Willing Road. The total acreage included in the inventory is 66,868 acres, which includes three tractsto Lonnie 46.983 acres belonging to Owen and Mabel Allison and a 19, 885-acre tract belonging anal Karen Daniel.. Interstate 85-40 borders the site on the north, a 34..360-acre tract whi9h~ as cleaz cut about 2 years ago borders on the east, and on the west aze three tracts totaling containing two home sites and woodlands. The southern half' of the gently rolling ~~ four primarily open field with some fruit trees, an approximately half-acre blueberry p g, building sites and two ponds, There is also a 5,83-acre patch oenwmoe dlanT~he northern half f the comer and woodlands bordering the creek along the western p site is wooded except for a power line right-of--way that cuts across the northwest comer.. Contained in the woodlands aze wetlands with vernal pools in the northeastern sector and a small stream, tributary to Four Mile Branch; that flows southwest across the upper northwest comer of the site, This small stream then flows off the site and empties into Four Mile Branch which parallels the western edge and enters the site to flow southeast across the southwest comer where it leaves the site. HABTTAT/SPECIES DIVEItsrry This approximately 67-acre site exhibits a high degree of diversity for a relatively small area, A c~eated and ma atained, nbaiural wetlandstand n total woodlandsuped into three types: human Human created and maintained habitats include: L Open Fiel eaz3mund 1 6-acre pond and a smalleran26 acre pond, whi h becomes dry 2 Ponds, a y during long periods without rain; 3 Power Line Right-of-Way, a .67-acre power line cut which bisects the oak-hickory forest at the northwestern corner of the site; 4, Ephemeral Marsh, a .47-acre open wetland situated in a clearing within the forest canopy in the mid-northern portion of the site, 32 Natural wetland habitats include: 5. Four Mile Branch (flows through the Piedmont/Low Mountain Alluvial Forest) and its tributary (flows through the Basic Mesic Piedmont Forest; 6. Vernal pools within the LTpland Depression Swamp Forest. Natural woodland habitats include: 7. Pine Forest; g Dry pak-Hickory Forest; 9, Upland Depression Swamp Forest; 10, Basic Mesic Piedmont Forest; 11. Piedmont/l.ow Mountain Alluvial Forest. 2