Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. Natural history of amphibians and reptiles of Wisconsin. Systematics and natural history of the American milk snake, Lampropeltis triangulum. Viewpoint:a reply to Collins (1991, 1992). Some outcrops will have been mapped as barren rock.ĭowling, H. Includes seep talus slopes with sparce vegetation, as well as outcrops including, granitic outcrops. Swamp Forest-Bog Complex, Southern Appalachian Bog, Southern Appalachian Fen This class may contain a variety of trees species, including hemlock - red maple, pitch pine, and white pine forests. Oaks include, white, Southern Red, black, and rock chestnut.Įvergreen and deciduous forests with saturated hydrologies. Mixed forests with Virginia, Shortleaf, Eastern White Pine, Table Mountain and Pitch pines in combination with xeric oak species. Often small areas of dense pine within a matrix of Xeric Oak-Pine Forests. A variety of pines, including Virginia, Shortleaf, Eastern White Pine, Table Mountain and Pitch pine. Pine forests and woodlands on xeric sites. Vary from side slopes to steep slope positions. Upland hemlock forests of the moutains region. This class is mapped to include cove forests dominated or co-dominated by hemlock. Includes tuliptree, basswood, yellow buckeye and surgar maple. Mixed Mesophytic forests of the mountains. High Elevation Red Oak Forest, Montane White Oak Forest
Includes forests historically co-dominated by American Chestnut. Where the density of the woodland species is low and the shrub component is dense.Ī variety of oak forest types including Black, White, Scarlet Oaks in dry to mesic situations. Red Oak - Chestnut Oak Woodlands may be included in cases Deciduous shrubs including green alder and Alleghany and smooth blackberry are included as well. Variable phenologies, predominantly evergreen balds with rhododendon and Mountain laurels. High Elevation grassy balds including Pennsylvania sedge, mountain oatgrass, as well as shrubby areas dominated by Alleghany and smooth blackberry. Northern Hardwoods Forest, Boulderfield Forest Includes forests with Hemlock and Yellow Birch. High Elevation forests including yellow birch, American beech, and yellow buckeye. Hydrology is generally temporarily to seasonally flooded. White ash and pignut hickory can be found in combination with Eastern red cedar on glades.Īgricultural Pasture/Hay and Natural Herbaceousįarm fields used for pasture grass or hay production, as well as old fields dominated by native and exotic grasses.Īlluvial forest with hemlock and/or white pine in mountains and western piedmont. Generally post and blackjack oak dominated woodlands. Mixed forest dominated by yellow pines with drier oaks including southern red, post, and chestnut oaks.ĭry to xeric pine forests dominated by Virginia pine, shortleaf pine or Eastern Red Cedar. Xeric Pine-Hardwood Woodlands and Forests Mixed forest dominated by yellow pines with white or northern red oaks co-dominating. Xeric Sandhill Scrub, Pine/Scrub Oak Sandhill, Coastal Fringe Sandhill This does not include mesic or saturated flatwood types. Sandhills including a range of longleaf pine density from predominantly wiregrass, scrub oak dominated to true longleaf pine woodland. Slash or loblolly pines may be present as well. Longleaf pine woodlands without a major scrub oak component.
Eggs are laid in soil, sawdust piles, under surface cover. Hibernates underground or in rock crevice. Secretive hides in logs and stumpsĪnd under surface cover. Habitats diverse semiarid to damp, lowlands to mountains, grasslands to open forests and forest edges, wilderness to suburban. SUMMARY OF STATEWIDE PREDICTED DISTRIBUTION:Ĭoastal plain habitat includes Coastal Plain flatwoods dominated by loblolly or longleaf pines and wiregrass (Palmer and Braswell, 1995).
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