Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 2 



Community type: Pinus serotina/mixed pocosin shrubs// Smilax 

 laurifolia 



Community cover type: Pinus serotina 



General habitat feature: pond pine woodland (sensu Otte 1981) 



Average canopy height: 70-80 ft. 



Estimated age of canopy trees: 70+ yrs. (?) 



Canopy cover : open to scattered 



Estimated size of community: 235 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) : 



Cyrilla racemiflora, Clethra alnifolia, Persea borbonia, 

 Magnolia virginiana, Gordonia lasianthus, Ilex glabra 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



None 



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