Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT-B. 



Community type: Nyssa aguatica / Sparganium americanum (pond ecotone) 

 Nyssa aquatica / Hottonia inf lata (vernal) , Nyssa / Polygonum punctatum 

 Community cover type: Nyssa aguatica . (autumnal). 



General habitat feature: Broad ecotone between large, old mill 

 pond and alluvial bottomland swamp. 



Average canopy height: 70 ft. 



Estimated age of canopy trees: 75 yrs. 



Canopy coyer: Closed to open. 



Estimated size of community: 100 a (40 ha). 



Successional stage: Climax? Presence of Taxodium suggests one 

 more stage in succession: the establishment of cypress as an emergent. 



Sere type: Pelosere. 



Common canopy species in community cover or community 



type (but not dominant): 



Taxodium distichum. 



Common sub-canopy or shrub stratum species in community 



cover or community type (but not dominant ) : 



Cephalanthus occidentalis Decumarla barbara 

 Rosa palustris 

 Fraxinus caroliniana 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or 



community type (but not dominant): 



Ranunculus f labellaris (dominant in one area) 



Potomogeton pulcher Glyceria pallida (vernal) 



Limnobium spongia Ceratophyllum echinatum 



Callitriche heterophylla (vernal) Lemna sp. 



Saururus cernuus Spirodela polyrrhiza 



Nuphar luteum Pontederia cordata 



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