Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 1 



Community type: Nyssa aquatica/Saururus cernuus or 

 Nyssa aquatica 



Community cover type: Nyssa aquatica 

 General habitat feature: alluvial swamp 

 Average canopy height: 60-70 feet 

 Estimated age of canopy trees: unknown 

 Canopy cover: closed 



Estimated size of community: 72 acres 

 Successional stage: Climax 



Common canopy species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : Taxodium distichum 



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

 community type (but not dominant) : 



Itea virginica 

 Fraxinus caroliniana 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Carex spp. 



Vines : Rhus radicans 



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