Natural Characteristics Summary 



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



Community type: Taxodlum distichum-Nyssa aquatica /mixed wetland 

 shrubs/mixed aquatic herbs. 



Community cover type: Taxodium distichum-Nyssa aquatica . 



General habitat feature: 170 yr old, man-made mill pond. 



Average canopy height: 40-60 ft. 



Estimated age of canopy trees: 75 yrs. 



Canopy cover: Sparse. 



Estimated size of community: 600 acres (243 ha). 



Successional stage: Unknown. 



Sere type: Hydrosere. 



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 ) : 



Acer rub rum Myrica cerif era Cephalanthus occidentalis 



Rosa palustris Itea virginica Vaccinium sp. 



Decodon verticillata Leucothoe racemosa Rhus radicans 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or 



community type (but not dominant): 



Nuphar luteum Potomogeton pusillus 



Nymphaea odorata Brasenia shreberi 



Egeria densa Myriophyllum brasiliense 



Ceratophyllum demersum Spirodela oligorrhiza 



Riccia fluitans Wollfiella floridana 



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