Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 1 



Community type: Pinus serotina/Cyrilla racemiflora-Lyonia lucida// 

 Smilax laurifolia 



Community cover type: Pinus serotina 



General habitat feature: high pocosin 



Average canopy height: approximately 15 feet 



Estimated age of canopy trees: unknown 



Canopy cover : sparse to scattered 



Estimated size of community: 1850 acres 



Successional stage: pyroclimax 

 Sere type : pelopsammosere 



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) : 



Persea borbonia, Gordonia lasianthus, Magnolia virginiana, 



Ilex glabra, Kalmia angustifolia, Cassandra calyculata, Myrica cerifera 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Carex walteriana, Sarracenia flava, Woodwardia virginica 



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