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22 <br /> Carolina Friends School Biological Inventory Report Orange County, N.C. <br /> Table 1. Coverage of terrestrial communities in the PSA(continued) <br /> Community Dominant Species (Scientific Name[Common Coverage <br /> Name]) (ac. <br /> Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera (yellow <br /> Piedmont Headwater poplar) <br /> Stream Forest(Typic Carpinus caroliniana var. virginiana (inland 3.3 <br /> Subtype) American hornbeam) <br /> Lindera benzoin s icebush <br /> Pinus taeda (loblolly pine) <br /> Pine Forest Liquidambar styraciflua (sweetgum) 14.2 <br /> Chima hila maculata (spotted wintergreen) <br /> Total 108.5 <br /> Maintained/Disturbed <br /> The Maintained/Disturbed community type is comprised of school grounds that are <br /> regularly upkept and maintained (e.g., parking lots, buildings, ball fields, track, horse <br /> pastures, and a residential homestead). <br /> Vascular plant species occurring within this community type include, but are not limited <br /> to, the following: <br /> • Native Flora <br /> o Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus (broomsedge bluestem) <br /> o Rubus pensilvanicus (eastern blackberry) <br /> o Liquidambar styraciflua (sweetgum) <br /> o Pinus taeda (loblolly pine) <br /> o Juglans nigra (black walnut) <br /> o Acer rubrum var. rubrum (eastern red maple) <br /> • Non-native Agricultural or Exotic Flora <br /> o Narcissus sp. (daffodil) <br /> o Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle) <br /> o Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn-olive) <br /> o Ligustrum sinense (Chinese privet) <br /> o Festuca sp. (Fescue) <br /> The higher percentage of"edge" habitat and sunlight availability within this community <br /> type tend to promote increased abundance and recruitment of non-native exotic flora. It <br /> also yields higher floral and faunal species richness, as well as more diverse vertical and <br /> horizontal structural heterogeneity. As a result, this community type receives higher than <br /> average animal use, compared to the remaining closed-canopy natural community types <br /> within the PSA. Animal species that show increased use of this community type include, <br /> but are not limited to, the following: <br /> 2 December 2024 <br />