Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 1 



Community type: Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora/Acer rubrum/Persea 

 borbonia 



Community cover type: Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora 



General habitat feature: non-alluvial swamp forest 



Average canopy height: 60-80 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: 75 years 



Canopy cover : Closed 



Estimated size of community: 740 acres 



Successional stage: Near climax, to climax (tree species composition 

 and relative abundance has been somewhat altered by past timber 

 operations) 



Common canopy species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : Chamaecyparis thyoides 



Taxodium distichum 



Magnolia virginiana 



Common sub-canopy or shrub stratum species in community cover or 

 community type (but not dominant) : Chamaecyparis thyoides 



Magnolia virginiana 

 Clethra alnifolia 

 Lyonia lucida 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) s 



Vines - Gelsemium sempervirens 

 Decumaria barbara 

 Vitis sp. 

 Smilax laurifolia 

 Rhus radicans 



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