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24. Natural Characteristics Summary 



a. Vegetation-Biotic Community Summary 



Community type : Nyssa sylvatica/Cyrilla racemiflora-Itea 

 virginica/Osmunda regal is-Saururus cernuus 

 Community cover type: Nyssa sylvatica 



General habitat feature: Swamp forest 



Average tree height: 40 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: 35-45 years 



Estimated size of association (sq. meters, acres, etc.): 7,570 acres 



Successional stage: Late succession 



Sere type: Pelosere 



Common canopy species in community cover type or community type 

 (but not dominant) : Fraxinus caroliniana , Chamaecyparis thyoides 

 Common subcanopy-shrub stratum species in community cover type or 

 community type (but not dominant) : None 



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

 Hydrocotyle verticillata 



b. Soil Summary 



Source of information: General soil map, Tyrrell County, 



USDA-SCS, Rev. 7/72 



Soil series: Belhaven-Dare-Dorovan 



Soil order: Histosoils 



pH class: Unknown 



Moisture class: Hydric .-^ 



Associated communtiy cover type or community type: 

 Nyssa sylvatica 



c. Hydrology Summary 



Drainage basin: Scuppernong River 

 Hydrologic system: Riverine 

 Hydrologic subsystem: Lower perennial 

 Water chemistry: Fresh 



