Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 1 



Community type: Taxodium distichum/Acer rubrum/Persea borbonia 

 Community cover type: Taxodium distichum 



General habitat feature: palustrine swamp forest 



Average canopy height: 80-90 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: 200+ 



Canopy cover : Partially closed to open 



Estimated size of community: 300 acres 



Successional stage: Climax 



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) : 



Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora, Ilex opaca, Liquidambar 

 styraciflua, Ilex glabra 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Woodwardia virginica, Rhus radicans, Gelsemium sempervirens, 

 Euonymus americanus 



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