Natural Characteristics Summary 

 24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 3 



Community type: Mixed hydric oaks-mixed hardwoods/Ilex opaca/ 



Woodwardia areolata 



Community cover type: Mixed hydric oaks-mixed hardwoods 



General habitat feature: Hardwood Flat 



Average canopy height: 70-80 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: 65+ years (one laurel oak stump had 65 



annual rings at ground level; 24 in. 

 dia.) 



Canopy cover : Closed 



Estimated size of community: 460 acres 

 Successional stage: Climax 



Common canopy species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Acer rubrum, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus michauxii, Liriodendron 

 tulipifera, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus falcata var. pagodae- 

 folia, Fagus grandifolia 



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



community type (but not dominant) : 



Magnolia virginiana, Persea borbonia, Clethra alnifolia, 

 Leucothoe axillaris , Callicarpa americana 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Boehmeria cylindrica, Asplenium platyneuron, Mitchella repens 



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