Assabet River NWR Final CCP - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Chapter 3: Refuge and Resource Descriptions
classification scheme used by B.H. Keith does not conform to the NWI
classifications, and it was not used for the Service’s evaluation. See Table 3-
2 for the 1,647 acres the Service evaluated. In 1991, Aneptek Corporation
completed an inventory of wildlife species and their habitats on portions of
the Army’s Sudbury Training Annex, which were in use by the Army’s
Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center, Natick, MA
(Aneptek 1991). The Aneptek evaluation included the areas around the
Army family housing on Bruen Road and the Taylor Drop Zone on the
northern portion of what is now the refuge. The family housing area abuts
the portion of the refuge located south of Hudson Road. Detailed
inventories of the plant and animal communities found in these two areas
are provided in the Aneptek report. Where species observations made at
the Taylor Drop Zone have not been superceded by more recent or more
encompassing evaluations, Aneptek’s records are included in the Service’s
developing species lists for the Assabet River NWR (Appendix D).
Table 3-2: Cover Types and Acreage at Assabet River NWR
Cover Type Acreage Percent
White Pine 191 12
White Pine – Hardwoods 123 7
White Pine – Oak 561 34
Oak Hardwoods 73 4
Mixed Oak 159 10
Cherry Hardwoods 11