Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 1 



Community type: Liquidambar styracif lua-mixed hydric hardwoods/ 

 locally dominant Symplocos tinctoria-Ligustrum sinese/mixed hydric 

 herbs and ferns. 



Community cover type: Liquidambar styracif lua-mixed hydric hardwoods 

 General habitat feature: hardwood flats 



Average canopy height: 75-80 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: unknown 



Canopy cover : closed 



Estimated size of community: less than 1000 acres 



Successional stage: late successional 



Common canopy species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Ulmus americana, Acer rubrum, Quercus laurifolia, Taxodium 

 distichum 



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

 community type (but not dominant) : 



Leucothoe axillaris, Ilex opaca 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Woodwardia areolata, W. virginica, Circaea lutetiana, 

 Osmunda cinnamomea, Arundinaria gigantea, Rhus radicans , 

 Athyrium asplenioides , Lonicera japonica 



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