Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 3 



Community type: Pinus serotina/Acer rubrum-Persea borbonia/ 

 Persea borbonia and mixed evergreen shrubs// 

 Smilax laurifolia 



or 



Pinus serotina/Persea borbonia and mixed 

 evergreen shrubs//Smilax laurifolia 



Community cover type: Pinus serotina 



General habitat feature : palustrine swamp or pocosin 



Average canopy height: 50-60 up to 80 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees : 50 to 100+ years 



Canopy cover: open 



Estimated size of community: 7200 acres 



Successional stage : late successional to pyroclimax 



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) : 



Lyonia lucida, Ilex coriacea, Magnolia virginiana 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Arundinaria giganta (occasionally dominant) 



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