| Poor
Mountain Creek |
Jess |
| Oct
27, 2002 04:39 PST |
Poor
Mountain Creek flows out of the low mountains north of Walhalla
South Carolina. While the upper part of drainage is relatively
flat, the
lower portion of the watershed is composed of many narrow coves
of varied
aspects. Hemlock/hardwood canopies with Rhododendron minor and
R. maximum
understories occur in most of the north aspect coves while
oak/hickory
forest with either open or heath dominated understories is
common in the
south facing coves. A couple of flatter areas have more recently
logged
tuliptree forest with an abundance of small paw paws in the
understory.
Other understory species of interest include chalk maple on the
lower part
of the stream and redbud in some of the hardwood coves.
Maidenhair fern
is common in some of the coves, and royal fern grows scattered
on the
slopes in one cove. White oak is probably the most common
species
throughout the area.
Species cbh height
Dogwood, Flowering 2'7.5" 41.1'
Hickory, Mockernut 8'3" 131.9'
Oak, Black NA 101.2'
Oak, Black 5'4" 117.7'
Oak, Chestnut 7'8" 126.8'
Oak, Northern Red 6'5.5" ~120'
Oak, White NA 109.8'
Oak, White NA 113.6'
Oak, White 8'0.5" ~121'
Oak, White NA ~125'
Walnut, white 4'7" ~83'
All of the non-oaks I measured in or adjacent to the younger,
richer
areas. |
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