Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 2 



Community type: Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora/Persea borbonia- 

 Fraxinus caroliniana 



Community cover type: Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora 



General habitat feature: river floodplain swamp 



Average canopy height: 50-60 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: unknown 



Canopy cover : mostly closed 



Estimated size of community: 900 



Successional stage: late successional to near-climax 



Common canopy species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Acer rubrum, Taxodium distichum 



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

 community type (but not dominant) : 



None 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Saururus cernuus 

 Carex spp. 

 Woodwardia areolata 



Vines : Rhus radicans 



Decumaria barbara 



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