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24 <br /> Carolina Friends School Biological Inventory Report Orange County, N.C. <br /> • Sciurus carolinensis (gray squirrel) <br /> • Strix varia (barred owl) <br /> • Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) <br /> • Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey) <br /> • Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum) <br /> • Procyon lotor(racoon) <br /> • Canis latrans (coyote) <br /> These communities do possess some large, noteworthy specimen trees (Figure 4). The <br /> forests appear to be naturally regenerated stands. Generally, trees that are located along <br /> property boundaries, or on property corners, will show the highest degree of character and <br /> age; however, some large diameter trees were observed within these stands. <br /> Piedmont Headwater Stream Forest (Typic Subtype) <br /> This community type occurs along headwater streams within the study area. Species <br /> 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 /> • Fagus grandifolia var. caroliniana (American beech) <br /> • Pinus taeda (loblolly pine) <br /> • Ligustrum sinense (Chinese privet) <br /> • Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn-olive) <br /> • Microsteium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass) <br /> Like the Dry-Mesic Oak-Hickory and Mesic Mixed Hardwood forests, sunlight availability <br /> to the forest floor is limited. As a result, overall floral and faunal diversity is low when <br /> compared to communities exhibiting greater amounts of sunlight availability and structural <br /> heterogeneity. Faunal species indicative of this community type are the same as those <br /> previously listed for the Mesic Mixed Hardwood community(i.e., forest interior species). <br /> Piedmont Bottomland Forest (Typic Low Subtype) <br /> This community type occurs along Pine Mountain Creek within the study area. Species <br /> 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 /> • Fagus grandifolia var. caroliniana (American beech) <br /> • Pinus taeda (loblolly pine) <br /> • Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore) <br /> • Microsteium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass) <br /> 4 December 2024 <br />