Natural Characteristics Summary 



24a. Vegetation - Biotic Community Summary CT 3 



Community type: Pinus serotina-Gordonia lasianthus (or Gordonia 

 lasianthus) /mixed bay shrubs//Smilax laurifolia 



Community cover type: Pinus serotina-Gordonia lasianthus 



General habitat feature: pond pine forest ( sensu Otte, 1981) 



Average canopy height: 25-35 ft. 



Estimated age of canopy trees: unknown 



Canopy cover : closed to open 



Estimated size of community: 3100 acres 



Successional stage: serai to near-climax 

 Sere type : pelopsammosere 



Common canopy species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Acer rubrum 



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

 community type (but not dominant) : 



Persea borbonia, Ilex glabra, Ilex coriacea, Lyonia lucida 



Common herb stratum species in community cover or community type 

 (but not dominant) : 



Arundinaria gigantea 



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