SECTOR 28

 

ELEVATION: 940 ft.-980 ft.

 

APPROXIMATE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER: Latitude: 42° 18' 36" Longitude: -76° 30' 54"

 

SOIL TYPES:

 

Fm: Freshwater marsh. Permanently saturated to the surface, man-made lake.

 

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.

 

HdCK: Howard gravelly loam, 5-15% complex slopes. Deep, well-drained to excessively drained, rapid runoff, moderate moisture storage capacity, 5-15% of the acreage is slightly or moderately eroded.

 

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).

 

Hpe: Howard and Palmyra soils, 25-35% slopes. Well drained, good to fair moisture-holding capacity, rapid runoff, erosion a constant threat

 

HzE: Hudson and Dunkirk soils, 20-45% slopes. well-drained, most cleared areas are moderately or severely eroded, plow layer.

 

Ws: Wayland and Sloan silt loams. deep, fertile, poorly drained to very poorly drained, frequently flooded, wet-tolerant plants dominant.

 

VEGETATIVE COVER:

 

Mixed hardwoods with Lonicera sp.. 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.

 

Wet meadow. Eupatorium sp..

 

Old agricultural land.

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SECTOR 28 - SPECIES LIST

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