Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 3, CT 4 



Community type: Pinus palustris/mixed low pineland shrubs/Aristida 

 stricta-Vaccinium crassifolium 



Community cover type: Pinus palustris 



General habitat feature: Pine Flatwoods 



Average canopy height: 40 to 60 feet 



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



individuals scattered or clumped. 



Canopy cover : Open 



Estimated size of community: not determined 



Successional stage: Pyroclimax 



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) : 



Kalmia angustifolia, Gaylussacia dumosa, Gaylussacia 

 frondosa, Ilex glabra, Lyonia mariana 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant): 



Arundinaria gigantea, Pteridium aquilinum 



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