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24. Natural Characteristics Siunmary 



a. Vegetation-Biotic Community Summary 



Community type: Typha glauca 



Community cover type: Typha glauca 



General habitat feature: Fresh water marsh 



Average rush height: 8-10 Feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: N/A 



Estimated size of association (sq. meters, acres, etc.): 971 acres 



Successional stage: Climax? 



Sere type: Psammosere-Pelosere 



Common canopy species in communtiy cover type or community 

 type (but not dominant): None 



Common subcanopy-shrub stratum species in community cover type 

 or community type (but not dominant) : None 



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

 None 



B. Soil Summary 



Source of information: General Soil Survey, Tyrrell County, 

 USDA-SCS Revised 7/72 



Soil association:. Belhaven-Dare-Dorovan 



Soil order: Histosols 



pH class: Unknown 



Moisture class: Hydric 



Associated communtiy cover type or community type: Typha glauca 



c. Hydrology Summary 



Drainage basin: Alligator River 



Hydrologic system: Riverine 



Hydrologic subsystem: Lower Perennial 



