Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 4 



Community type: Pinus taeda/Acer rubrum 

 Community cover type: Pinus taeda 



General habitat feature: mesic sand ridge 



Average canopy height: 60-90 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: unknown 



Canopy cover : Open 



Estimated size of community: 320 acres 



Successional stages late successional 



Common canopy species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Acer rubrum, Quercus michauxii 



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) : 



Mitchell a repens 



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