Natural Characteristics Summary 



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



Community type: Nyssa sylvatica bif lora / Acer rubrum-Liriodendron 

 tulipif era-Liquidambar styracif lua / Ilex opaca - Carpinus caroliniana / 



Community %over xype": Nyssa sylvatica biflora. 



General habitat feature: Colluvial-alluvial floodplain of 

 a small, intermittent swamp stream. 



Average canopy height: 70 ft. 



Estimated age of canopy trees: 40-70 yrs. 



Canopy cover: Closed. 



Estimated size of community: 80 acres. 



Successional stage: Serai. Perhaps undergoing change from Nyssa 



and Taxodium to Liriodendron and Liquidambar because of lowering of 



o ^ pond level 30-40 yrs ago. 



Sere type: '^ j s, 



Pelosere. 



Common canopy species in community cover or community 



type (but not dominant): 



Ulmus americana 



Fagus grandifolia (slightly drier microsites) . 



Common sub-canopy or shrub stratum species in community 



cover or community type (but not dominant ) : 

 Morus rubra 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or 

 community type (but not dominant): 



Woodwardia areolata " Glecoma hederacea 



Dryopteris celsa (locally dominant). Saururus cernuus 



Arisaema triphyllum Impatiens capensis 



Thelypteris noveboracensis 

 Athyrium asplenioides 



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