Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 3 



Community type: Pinus serotina/mixed pocosin shrubs//Smilax 

 laurifolia 



Community cover type: Pinus serotina 



General habitat feature: pocosin 



Average canopy height: 60-90 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: 50 - 75 + years 



Canopy cover : open 



Estimated size of community: 610 acres 



Successional stage: late successional to near-climax 



Common canopy species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



None 



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

 community type (but not dominant) : 



Gordonia lasianthus Lyonia lucida 



Acer rubrum Ilex coriacea 



Perse a borbonia 

 Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



None 



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