---------------------+----------+-------+----------+--------+------- | | |Bottomland|Hilltop | |Bottomland|Hilltop| fallow |fallow |Prairie | pasture |pasture| field | field | ---------------------+----------+-------+----------+--------+------- No. of 1/100 acre | 250 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 50 plots sampled | | | | | | | | | | Honey locust | 83.0 | 58.8 | | 5.6 | Elm | 80.0 | 72.5 | 138.8 | 230.0 | 150.0 Boxelder | 1.6 | 1.2 | 22.9 | | 200.0 Dogwood | 18.8 | 18.8 | 11.4 | 51.2 | 44.0 Walnut | 2.0 | 50.0 | 7.15 | | Osage orange | 16.0 | 48.7 | | | Crab-apple | 7.2 | 93.8 | | 1.2 | Red haw | 5.2 | 17.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 4.0 Coffee-tree | 4.8 | 1.2 | | | Hackberry | 2.8 | | | | 2.0 Cottonwood | .2 | | | | Ash | | 8.8 | | 3.7 | Plum | .8 | | | | Peach | .2 | | | | Cockspur thorn | .8 | 21.3 | | | Sycamore | .4 | | | 1.2 | Cherry | | 1.2 | | | 2.0 | | | | | Total number counted | 236 | 393 | 279 | 296 | 402 ---------------------+----------+-------+----------+--------+------- Table 3 shows the numbers of young trees counted in a total of 530 plots of 1/100 acre each, in June, 1952. The trees counted included all those approximately one foot high or larger. A few were up to 12 feet tall, but most were between one foot and five feet in height. Not included were the many smaller seedlings, which were mostly concealed beneath the dense layer of low herbaceous vegetation.