Natural Characteristics Summary 



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



Community type: Fagus grandifolia- mixed oaks/mixed ericads. 



Community cover type: Fagus grandifolia- mixed oaks. 



General habitat feature: Relict estuarine shoreline dunes. 



Average canopy height: 60 ft. 



Estimated age of canopy trees: 75-85 yrs. 



Canopy coyer: closed. 



Estimated size of community: Around 10 acres in several 

 islands. 



Successional stage: Climax. Beech may be the eventual climax 



in the absence of fire on the smaller islands. Larger islands 

 may have burned occasionally. 

 Sere type: Psammosere. 



Common canopy species in community cover or community 



type (but not dominant): 

 Pinus taeda (successional except around wet periphery) 

 Quercus falcata Liquidambar styraciflua Quercus alba 



Quercus nigra Oxydendrum arboreum 



Common sub-canopy or shrub stratum species in community 



cover or community type (but not dominant ) : 

 Vaccinium stamineum 

 Gaylussacia frondosa 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or 

 community type (but not dominant): 



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