Forest Types

Eaton town forester, Dan Stepanauskas, has created a map showing the different types of trees found on different areas of town land. These maps also show landmarks such as stone walls, old cellar holes, cemeteries, log landings and roads, streams, wetlands, beaver dams, and steep hillsides.

The map below is adapted from Dan’s map. It is color coded according to the predominant tree type in each area. The color coding makes it possible to see where similarly forested areas are found. It also indicates what types of forest are most common on town lands and which types are found in only a few places.

Clicking on any area will display the most common types of trees that are found there as well as their age class and how densely that area is forested. The age classes range from saplings to old mature trees. The density ranges from understocked for thinly forested areas to overstocked for areas where trees are so close together that they inhibit each other’s growth. The area description will also provide a link to a photograph of Dan’s map for that region.

The landmarks Dan identified are also displayed on the map as black line drawings. Clicking on any of these lines will display a description of what the lines represent.