SECTOR 2
 
ELEVATION: 970 ft.-1020 ft.
 
APPROXIMATE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER: Latitude: 42° 18' 46" Longitude: -76° 31' 29"
 
SOIL TYPES:
 
Hc: Halsey mucky silt loam. Deep, very poorly drained, water stands at or within a few inches of the surface throughout the spring and rises to the surface frequently. Holds water and nutrients well.
 
HdD: Howard gravelly loam, 15-25% slopes. Rapid runoff in heavy rains, moist areas with some erosion, moderate moisture storing capacity.
 
HsC3: Hudson silty clay loam, 6-12% slopes, eroded. Well-drained to moderately well-drained, depleted organic matter content, rapid runoff, moderately eroded (10% uneroded) with seriopus erosion hazard, plow layer in relatively poor physical condition.
 
HsD3: Hudson silty clay loam, 12-20% slopes, eroded. Moderately steep, plow layer, forested areas and a few pastured areas are uneroded, subject to continuing serious erosion. Droughty (loses much water to very rapid runoff).
 
VEGETATIVE COVER:
 
Mixed hardwoods with Lonicera spp. understory. Acer saccharum, Betula alleghaniensis, Tilia americana, Prunus serotina, Carpinus caroliniana, Ostrya virginiana, Fraxinus americana, Acer rubrum, Alnus spp..
 
Hardwood woodland plants, herbaceous upland plants, coniferous woodland plants, grasses, legumes.
 
Meadows dominated by Lonicera spp. and Solidago spp..

SECTOR 2 - SPECIES LIST

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