Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 2 



Community types Pinus serotina/Persea borbonia/mixed pocosin shrubs// 

 Smilax laurifolia 



Community cover type: Pinus serotina 



General habitat feature: pond pine pocosin 



Average canopy height: 40-50 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: unknown 



Canopy cover : closed 



Estimated size of community: less than 7000 acres 



Successional stage: mid to late 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) ; 



Magnolia virginiana, Gordonia lasianthus, Acer rubrum, Lyonia 

 lucida. Ilex glabra, Sorbus arbutifolia 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Woodwardia virginica 



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