Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT-B 



Community type: Pinus taeda / Quercus laevis / Gaylussacia frondosa- 



mixed ericads. 



Community cover type: Pinus taeda . 



General habitat feature: Relict Sangamon estuarine shoreline 

 dunes, highest ridge tops with thin, xerophytic pine forest. 



Average canopy height: 60 feet. 



Estimated age of canopy trees: 100 yrs. 



Canopy cover: Openo 



Estimated size of community: ^0 acres. 



Successional stage: Serai: in transition from longleaf pine 

 pyroclimax to Pinus taeda following fire suppression. 



Sere type: Psammosere. 



Common canopy species in community cover or community 



type (but not dominant): k; 



Pinus echinata 



Common sub-canopy or shrub stratiom species in community 



cover or community type (but not dominant ) : 



Carya tomentosa Gaylussacia dumosa 



Pinus transgressives (taeda) Vaccimium atrococcum 



Oxydendrum arboreum Vaccinium vacillans 



Gaylussacia baccata Vaccirjium tenellum 



Common herb stratum species m community cover or 



community type (but not dominant): 

 Cladonia sp. 



K 



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