Natural Characteristics Summary 

 24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 1 



Community type: Mixed hydricoaks and Pinus taeda/Carpinus caroliniana/ 

 Carex spp. or Saururus cernuus 



Community cover type: Mixed hydricoaks and Pinus taeda 



General habitat feature: nonalluvial hardwood flats 



Average canopy height: 80 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: 100+ 



Canopy cover : Closed 



Estimated size of community: old-growth stands total about 1720 acres 



Successional stage: near-climax to climax 



Common canopy species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : Listed in order of importance value (based 

 on 10 quarter points) : Quercus pagodaefolia, Pinus taeda, Quercus 

 laurifolia, Liriodendron tulipifera, Acer rubrum, Quercus michauxii 



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

 community type (but not dominant) : 



Diospyros virginiana, Asimina triloba, Cornus sp. , Magnolia 

 virginiana, Vaccinium corymbosum, Crataequs sp. , Sabal minor, 

 Lindera benzoin 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) s 



Galium sp. , Tipularia discolor, Lonicera japonica, Asplenium 

 platyneuron, Mitchella repens, Euonymus americanus , Uniola 

 sessilifolia 



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