Natural Characteristics Summary 



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



Community type: Mixed hydrophytic marsh grasses and herbs. 

 Community cover type: Mixed hydrophytic marsh grasses and herbs. 



General habitat feature: Fluvial /estuarine freshwater marsh 



over peat. 



Average canopy height: 3 ft. 



Estimated age of canopy trees: n/a. 



Canopy cover: Closed. 



Estimated size of community: Perhaps 50 acres total, including 



Bennett's and Sarem Creeks. 



SuCCeSSional stage: Unknown. 

 Sere type: Hydrosere. 



Common canopy species in community cover or community 



type (but not dominant): 



Spartina pectinata Carex alata 



Carex stricta 

 Zizaniopsis mileacea 



Common sub-canopy or shrub stratum species in community 

 cover or community type (but rxot dominant ) : 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or 

 community type (but not dominant): 



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