Wildlife Habitat features

Habitat Feature	Class
High exposed perches	Very apparent
Low exposed perches	Minimal
% canopy closure	>70%
Tree cavities (dbh)	There were no visible tree cavities
Midstory	Deciduous
Shrub layer	Deciduous
% ground vegetation	30-75%
Vernal pools/wetland vegetation	Minimal
Dead and downed material	Very apparent
Overstory inclusions	There were no overstory inclusions
Water body	There are no water bodies within our hectare
Proximity to water	About a quarter mile from Lake Champlain
Miscellaneous features	many ledges, potential den sites, hard mast, and hollow logs

The biggest tree on our site was an eastern white pine (Pinus strobus). It has a dbh of 58 cm, a height around 100 feet, and about 227 board feet.

The three most common tree species found in our hectare are sugar maple (Acer saccharum), eastern white pine (Pinus strobus), and hophornbeam aka ironwood (Ostrya virginiana).

There are a few spots that show evidence of human presence at one point in time. About a 1/3rd of the way up our hectare from the bottom of the hill are several patches of barbed wire poking up through the dead organic material layering the floor.