Natural Characteristics Summar* 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 3 



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



Myrica heterophylla-Baccharis halimifolia/mixed 



marsh herbs 

 Community cover type: „ . 



1 Jr Pinus serotma 



General habitat feature: swamp forest 

 Average canopy height: 40-50 feet 

 Estimated age of canopy trees: unknown 

 Canopy cover: Open 

 Estimated size of community: 664 acres 



Successional stage: successional (appears to be transitional from 



pond pine community to shrub- 

 marsh community) 



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) : 



Acer rubrum, Cephalanthus occidentalis 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Pontederia cordata, Carex spp. , Polygonum 

 sagittatum, Hydrocotyle sp., Cuscuta sp. 



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