A Natural Resource Management Guide for the County of Morris A ...
A Natural Resource Management Guide for the County of Morris A ...
A Natural Resource Management Guide for the County of Morris A ...
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TERRESTRIAL SYSTEM<br />
Ridgetop Pitch Pine - Scrub Oak Forest (Terrestrial - Open Canopy)<br />
This community can be found in <strong>the</strong> higher elevations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Highlands (e.g., Farny) where conditions are<br />
severe due to constant wind, and low temperatures with subsequent shorter growing season, in addition to thin,<br />
poor soils. Paucity <strong>of</strong> vegetation is reflected in low vertebrate diversity.<br />
Birds<br />
Black-capped chickadee<br />
Bluebird<br />
Chestnut-sided warbler<br />
Downy woodpecker<br />
Indigo bunting<br />
Nor<strong>the</strong>rn flicker<br />
Tufted titmouse<br />
Amphibians/Reptiles<br />
Black racer<br />
Copperhead<br />
Timber rattlesnake (Rr)<br />
Five-lined skink (lizard)<br />
Five-Lined Skink<br />
Talus Slope Community (Terrestrial - Open Canopy)<br />
This community is rare, although can be found in both <strong>the</strong> Highlands (e.g., Green<br />
Pond Mountain) and <strong>the</strong> Piedmont.<br />
Mammals<br />
Eastern wood rat<br />
Short-tailed shrew<br />
Amphibians/Reptiles<br />
Timber rattlesnake (Rr )<br />
Short-Tailed Shrew<br />
Dry-Mesic Inland Mixed Oak Forest & Mixed Oak - Hardwood Forest<br />
(Cool/Moist) (Terrestrial - Closed Canopy)<br />
Community found readily in both <strong>the</strong> Highlands and <strong>the</strong> Piedmont; virtually in every State and <strong>County</strong> park.<br />
Mammals Reptiles Birds<br />
Black bear Box turtle Bat<br />
Gray fox Wood turtle Bluejay<br />
Gray squirrel Eastern worm snake Downy woodpecker<br />
Eastern chipmunk Nor<strong>the</strong>rn copperhead Great horned owl<br />
Long-tailed weasel Nor<strong>the</strong>rn ringnecked snake Ovenbird<br />
Mice Red-Bellied snake Red-eyed vireo<br />
Opossum<br />
Ruffed grouse<br />
Porcupine Amphibians Scarlet tanager<br />
Red fox Red-backed salamander White-breasted nuthatch<br />
Red squirrel Spotted salamander Wild turkey<br />
Shrew Woodfrog Woodthrush<br />
Sou<strong>the</strong>rn flying squirrel<br />
White-tailed deer<br />
* Timber Rattlesnake<br />
A <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Morris</strong> 174