Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 2 



Community type; Chamaecyparis thyoides 

 Community cover type: Chamaecyparis thyoides 



General habitat feature: swamp forest 



Average canopy height: 40-50 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: unknown 



Canopy cover : closed 



Estimated size of community: 350 acres 



Successional stage: early-mid successional 



Common canopy species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Acer rubrum 



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

 community type (but not dominant) : 



Persea borbonia 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



None 



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