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24B. Natural Characteristics Summary 



a. Vegetation-Biotic Community Summary Community Type B. See Map 

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Community type: Nyssa sylvatica 



Community cover type: Nyssa sylvatica 



General habitat feature: Swamp Forest 



Average tree height: 40 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: 20 years except for the 

 few huge bald C5npress trees. 



Estimated size of association (sq. meters, acres, etc.): 

 960 acres . 



Successional stage: Subclimax 



Sere type: Pelosere? 



Common canopy species in community cover type or community 

 type (but not dominant) : Acer rub rum , Taxodium distichum 



Common subcanopy-shrub stratum species in community cover 

 type or community type (but not dominant) : 



Common herb stratum species in community type (but not dominant) 



b. Soil Summary 



Source of information: General Soil Map, Tyrrell County, 

 North Carolina; USDA-SCS; Revised 7/72 

 Soil association: Belhaven-Dare-Dorovan 



Soil order: Histosol 



pH class: Acidic? 



Moisture class: Hydric 



Associated community cover type or community type: 

 Nyssa sylvatica 



c. Hydrology Summary 



Drainage basin: North Fork of Alligator River 

 Hydrologic system: Palustrine 



