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67 <br /> Nest 54 Biological Inventory Report Orange County,N.C. <br /> • Accipitridae (hawks) <br /> • Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox) <br /> • Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum) <br /> • Procyon ltor(racoon) <br /> • Canis latrans (coyote) <br /> • Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) <br /> • Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey) <br /> This community does possess several large overstory oak trees, which surrounded a prior <br /> structural dwelling in this area. <br /> Dry-Mesic Oak-Hickory and Mesic Mixed Hardwood Forests (Piedmont Subtypes) <br /> These community types are comprised of a the closed-canopy hardwoods immediately <br /> abutting the Maintained/Disturbed community to the north and east. Topography within <br /> these community types is gentle and the slope falls gradually to the east from NC 54. <br /> Species indicative of this area include,but are not limited to, the following: <br /> • Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera (yellow poplar) <br /> • Acer rubrum var. rubrum (red maple) <br /> • Liquidambar styraciflua (sweetgum) <br /> • Quercus alba (white oak) <br /> • Fagus grandifolia var. caroliniana (American beech) <br /> • Benthamidia florida (flowering dogwood) <br /> • Cercis canadensis (redbud) <br /> • Pinus taeda (loblolly pine) <br /> • Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle) <br /> • Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn-olive) <br /> Unlike the maintained/disturbed community type,these community types do not possess a <br /> high percentage of edge or transitional habitat, and sunlight availability to the forest floor <br /> is limited. As a result,these communities do not possess a good juxtaposition of structural <br /> cover, or a diverse groundcover stratum. Herbs and grasses are limited to canopy gaps or <br /> outside edge transitions. While these community types are less diverse and possess poorer <br /> quality cover for wildlife, they do support a handful of wildlife species which are adapted <br /> to persisting in forest-interior habitats. Animal species that show increased use of these <br /> community types include, but are not limited to,the following: <br /> • Picidae (woodpeckers [e.g., downy woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, red-bellied <br /> woodpecker,yellow-bellied sapsucker,pileated woodpecker, and northern flicker]) <br /> • Sittidae (nuthatches [e.g., white-breasted nuthatch and brown-headed nuthatch]) <br /> • Baeolophus bicolor(tufted titmouse) <br /> • Poecile carolinensis (Carolina chickadee) <br /> • Sciurus carolinensis (gray squirrel) <br /> • Strix varia (barred owl) <br /> 3 April 2023 <br />