Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 1 



Community type: Fagus grandifolia-mixed oaks/mixed hardwoods 

 Community cover type: Fagus grandifolia-mixed oaks 



General habitat feature: Hardwood Flat 



Average canopy height: 50-60 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: unknown 



Canopy cover: Closed 



Estimated size of community: 50 acres 



Successional stage: Climax 



Common canopy species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Quercus alba, Liriodendron tulipifera, Liquidambar styraciflua, 



Acer rubrum, Pinus taeda 



Common sub-canopy or shrub stratum species in community cover or 

 community type (but not dominant) : 



Oxydendrum arboreum, Cornus florida, Euonymus americanus, 

 Hamamelis virginiana, Symplocos tinctoria, Myrica cerifera, 

 transgressives of canopy spp. 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 



(but not dominant) : 



Hexastylis arifolia, Thelypteris novaboracensis , Mitchella 

 repens 



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