Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 2 



Community type: mixed upland hardwoods/Fagus grandifolia transgressives 

 or Qstrya virginiana 



Community cover type: Mixed upland hardwoods 

 General habitat feature: upland slopes 

 Average canopy height: 60-70 feet 

 Estimated age of canopy trees: unknown 

 Canopy cover: closed 



Estimated size of community: 77 acres 

 Successional stage: climax 



Common canopy species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : Fagus grandifolia, Quercus alba, (two preceding 

 species most common) , Liriodendron tulipifera, Carya glabra, Carya 

 tomentosa, Pinus taeda, Quercus falcata var. falcata 



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

 community type (but not dominant) : Nyssa sylvatica, Cornus florida, 

 Carpinus caroliniana, Symplocos tinctoria, Ilex opaca, Oxydendron 

 arboreum, Stewartia malacodendron 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant): Hexastylis arifolia, Mitchella repens, 

 Thelypteris noveboracensis, Athyrium asplenioides 



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