Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 2 



Community type: Quercus michauxii-Q. laur ifolia/Carpinus caroliniana- 

 mixed hardwoods/mixed shrubs/Woodwardia areolata-mixed herbs// 

 mixed clambering vines 



Community cover type: Quercus michauxii-Q. laurifolia 



General habitat feature: Hardwood Flat 



Average canopy height: 70-80 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: Unknown 



■Canopy cover: Closed 



Estimated size of community: 120 acres 



Successional stage; 



Near-climax 



Common canopy species in community cover or community type 



(but not dominant) : 



Pinus taeda, Fagus grandifolia, Liriodendron tulipifera, 

 Liquidambar styraciflua, Ulmus americana, Nyssa sylvatica 

 var. biflora 



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

 community type (but not dominant) : 



Ilex opaca, Leucothoe axillaris, Per sea borbonia 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Polystichum acrosticoides, Arisaema triphyllum, Boehmeria 

 cylindrica, Athyrium asplenioides, Mitchella repens, Saururus 

 cernuus, Woodwardia virginica 



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