Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 3 



Community type: Chamaecyparis thyoides/mixed shrubs 

 Community cover type: Chamaecyparis thyoides 



General habitat feature: palustrine swamp 



Average canopy height: 30-40 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: less than 50 years 



Canopy cover : closed 



Estimated size of community: 500 



Successional stage: early-mid successional 



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) : 



Clethra alnifolia 

 Acer rubrum . . 



, Vaccimum corymbosum 



Persea borbonia 



Ilex coriacea 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



None 



Sphagnum sp. mats are usually present. 



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