Major habitat types on the refuge include hardwood forest, agricultural land, grazing units, brushland, wetlands, and lakes.

At the same young age he also sought to maximize his time exploring and playing in his neighborhood's hardwood forest.

Westward from the northern coastal areas, the terrain changes from mangrove swamp to tropical pine savanna and hardwood forest.

The park lands are covered in a hardwood forest of maple, basswood, elm, and oak, with some meadow openings.

The trail winds in and out of rhododendron and laurel thickets, joins with an old logging road, and passes through a hardwood forest.