Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 1 



Community type: Taxodium distichum/Asimina triloba/mixed herbs and ferns 

 Community cover type: Taxodium distichum 



General habitat feature: lake shore swamp forest or hardwood stand 



Average canopy height: 90-100+ feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: 200-300 years 



Canopy cover: closed 



Estimated size of community: 180 acres 



Successional stage: Climax 



Common canopy -species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Liquidambar styraciflua, Ulmus americana, Liriodendron tulipifera 



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

 community type (but not dominant) : 



Callicarpa americana, Sambucus canadensis, Lindera benzoin, 

 Ilex opaca 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Lonicera japonica, Athyrium asplenioides, Impatiens capensis, 

 Baehmeria cylindria, Galium sp. , Arundinaria gigantea, Teucrium 

 canadense 



Vines = Rhus radicans, Anisostichus capreolata, Decumaria barbara, 

 Vitis sp. , Campis radicans, Berchemia scandens 



