Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 1 



Community type: Pinus taeda/Symplocos tinctoria or locally Persea 

 borbonia 



Community cover type: Pinus taeda 



General habitat feature: non-alluvial, bottomland flat 



Average canopy height: 90-100 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: 110 years 



Canopy cover : closed to partially open 



Estimated size of community: 80 acres 



Successional stage: 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) : 



Liquidambar styraciflua 

 Acer rubrum 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Vines : Rhus radicans Berchemia scandens 



Campsis radicans Parthenocissus quinquefolia 



Anisostichus capreolata Gelsemium sempervirens 



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