Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 1 



Community type: Pinus taeda/Acer rubrum-Chamaecyparis thyoides/ 

 mixed wetland shnibs//Smilax laurifolia 



Community cover type: Pinus taeda 



General habitat feature: river floodplain swamp 



Average canopy height: variable; from 60-80 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: unknown 



Canopy cover : open 



Estimated size of community: 1800 acres 



Successional stage: late successional to climax 



Common canopy species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Taxodium distichum, Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora, 

 Acer rubrum, Pinus serotina 



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

 community type (but not dominant) : 



Magnolia virginiana, Per sea borbonia, 

 Ilex coriacea , Lyonia lucida 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Woodwardia virginica, Woodwardia areolata, 

 Carex spp „ 



Vines: Smilax laurifolia 

 Decumaria barbara 

 Rhus radicans 



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