Natural Characteristics Summary 



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



Community types Nyssa sylvatica bif lora / Acer rubrum / Woodwardia 



areolata c 



Community cover type: Nyssa sylvatica biflora 



General habitat features Freshwater peat swamp. 



Average canopy height: 50 ft. Highly variable from place to 

 place depending upon logging history. 



Estimated age of canopy trees? Mostly less than 50 years. 

 A few remnant cypress along streams may be 200-300 yrs. 



Canopy coyer: Closed. 



Estimated size of community: 8,000 acres. 

 Successional stage: Serai, all stages. 

 Sere type: Hydrosere. 



Common canopy species in community cover or community 



type (but not dominant): 



Taxodium distichum 



Pinus taeda 



Nyssa aquatica ■ 



Common sub-canopy or shrub stratum species in community 



cover or community type (but not dominant ) : 



Fraxinus caroliniana 



Vacclnium corymbosum ^^• 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or 



community type (but not dominant): 

 Osmunda regalis 

 Arundinaria gigantea 



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