Table 1. Vegetation type in the sampling locations selected in the study.
Forest type | Sampling location no. |
Pine Oak forest | 1,2,24,29,30,36,38,39,63 |
Pitch Pine | 3,4,8,9,10,32,34,37,46,47,48,51,52,53,54,55,64,65,66 |
Coastal Oak | 5,6,7,11,12,14,19,20,27 |
Oak-Pine | 13,15,16,17,18,21,22,23,25,26,28,31,33,35,40,41,42,43,44,45,49,50,58,59 |
Scrub Oak | 56,57,61 |
Dwarf Pine | 60,62 |
The Forest type data has been obtained from the Foundation for Ecological Research in the Northeast (FERN), who classified the forests based on field survey.