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VEGETATION I';FGFMATIGN <br />This vegetation provides cover for birdlife, but on the whole, there is little <br />wildlife habitat contained in these areas. <br />• On some of the steeply sloping and stony hills can be found occasional <br />individuals of Skunkbush Sumac as well as Mountain Mahogany. These are generally <br />not prominent portions of the community and constitute primarily a minor variation <br />in the grassland/shrub community. <br />DISTURBANCE RECOVII2Y PATTERNS: Although current disturbances on the property are <br />not particularly abundant, enough is present to project some kind of image of what <br />happens after a disturbance occurs. In general, the weed seed resource on the <br />area must be considerable. This is evidenced by the fact that the roadsides are <br />heavily infested with various weedy species, particularly Sunflower. Fortunately, <br />Sunflower is not a "bad" species to have as a weed. It usually only lasts a few <br />years and generally cannot compete with the more native species that eventually <br />• crowd it out. It appears that the next step after the Sunflower stage is a <br />gradual spread of the grass sod into the area and eventually domination by grass. <br />SUCCESSION ~!D REVEGETATION: It appears from the vegetation patterns found on the <br />site, the revegetation potential, although far from excellent, could be much, much <br />worse. If topsoils are salvaged and spread to an adequate thickness and grasses <br />planted soon after grading and topsoiling, then the revegetation potential should <br />be goad except for quite dry years. It is apparent that weeds may be •a problem. <br />However, based upon what can be seen at existing disturbances on the the property, <br />the weed species that tend to invade are not undesirable and, if not too dense, <br />can certainly aid in the revegetation of the permanent species by shading the <br />ground in the hottest period of the year. <br />page 6 of 6 Fbchibit J <br />