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Table 2. Summary of Eastern Forest Plots. <br /> Total Total Average Average Average Average <br /> Species Number of Number of Diameter Height Number Number <br /> Stems Trees (Inches) (Feet) Seedlings Saplings <br /> Per Plot Per Plot <br /> Interior Live Oak 14 10 11.8 36 0 0 <br /> Valley Oak 4 4 25.1 56 40 0 <br /> Box Elder 4 2 0.7 9 0 0 <br /> Buckeye 0 0 n/a n/a 0 0 <br /> The Herbaceous Forest Ve eta <br /> At least two native perennial grass species grow within the forest, creeping wildrye and <br /> blue wildrye. In addition, extensive stands of woodland sedges grow within the forests. <br /> Also found in many locations are dense populations of Italian thistle and milk thistle. <br /> A Comparison of the Two Forest Sections <br /> Visually, the eastern forest has a much different character than the western forest. The <br /> eastern forest is more open with a dense understory composed primarily of shrubs and <br /> herbaceous species (32 percent shrubs and 61 percent herbs). The western forest is more <br /> densely wooded with less shrubby understory but a similar amount of herbaceous cover <br /> (7 percent shrubs and 53 percent herbs). Vines and woody species are similar on the two <br /> sections, with an average of three lianas and seven species per plot. <br /> Buckeye Ranch Resource Plan (November, 1993) <br /> 45 <br />