Natural Characteristics Summary 

 24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 1, CT 2 



Community type: Pinus palustris (or Pinus serotina) /mixed tall pineland 

 shrubs//Smilax laurifolia 



Community cover type: Pinus palustris or Pinus serotina 



General habitat feature: Pine flatwoods 



Average canopy height: 20 to 40 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: less than 50 years, with scattered older 



individuals 



Canopy cover : open to sparse 



Estimated size of community: not determined 



Successional stage: pyroclimax 

 Sere type: Psammosere 



Common canopy species in community cover or community type 



(but not dominant) : 



none 



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



community type (but not dominant) : 



Lyonia ligustrina, Kalmia angustifolia, Clethra alnifolia, 

 Ilex coriacea , Ilex glabra, Persea borbonia, Magnolia 

 virginiarta 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Arundinaria gigantea, Woodwardia virginica 



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