Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 4 



Community type: 1) Juncus roemarianus , 2) Cladium jamaicense 

 Community cover type: 1) Juncus roemarianus, 2) Cladium jamaicense 



General habitat feature: irregularly flooded brackish marsh 



Average canopy height: not applicable 



Estimated age of canopy trees: not applicable 



Canopy cover: not applicable 



Estimated size of community: 675 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) : 



Baccharis haliminifolia, Myrica cerifera 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Scirpus americanus 



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