Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary 



Community type: CT-A. Pinus taeda-Pinus palustris / Quercus laevis / 

 mixed ericads. 



Community cover type: Loblolly pine-longleaf pine. 



General habitat feature: Relict sand ridge. 



Average canopy height: 60-70 ft. 



Estimated age of canopy trees: Annual rings were counted 

 on the stumps of three old longleaf pines cut August 1981: 



DBH AGE 



Canopy coyer: open. ^3 in 308 yr 



25 in 177 yr 



Estimated size of community: 27 in 167 yr 



About 55 acres of prime CT, in 2 separate places. 



Successional stage: Pyroclimax, succeeding to Loblolly pine and 

 hardwoods because of fire suppression. 



Sere type: Psammosere. 



Common canopy species in community cover or community 

 type (but not dominant): Quercus falcata. Pinus echinata. 



Common sub-canopy or shrub stratum species in community 



cover or community type (but not dominant ) : 



Oxydendrum arboreum Vaccinium atrococcum 



Gaylussacia baccata Vaccinium tenellum 



Gaylussacia dumosa 



Vaccinium stamineum 

 Common herb stratiim species in community cover or 



community type (but not dominant): 

 Gaultheria procumbens 

 Cladonia sp. (perhaps should be named as a layer) 



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