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COMMUNITY DIVERSITY SUMMARY 



PATSY POND 



Woodland System 



Large, excurreot, evergreen trees, 



large, deliquescent, deciduous eubcanopy & 

 typical dwarf to tall dwarf, rhizomatous, 

 deciduous shrubs 



Plne/oak/heath ridges, slopes, 



and flats 

 Conifer ales /Fagales/Erlcales 



PINUS PALUSTRIS/QUERCUS LAEVIS/GAYLUSSACIA FRONDGSA-G. DUMOSA 

 Pinus palustrls/Quercua laevis/Gaylussacia frondosa-G. dumosa 



SOILS: A. Entlsol; AA. Psamment. B. Quartzlpsanment ; BB. Typlc quartzipsamment. 



C. Thermic, uncoated typlc quartzipsamment; CC. Leon. 



Topsoll: 0-86 cm, light gray, fine to medium sand, pH 4.0. 



Subsoil: 86 cm +, dark reddish brown, fine to medium sand, pH 4.0 (hardpan) 

 GEOLOGY: A. Pleistocene, Sedimentary; AA. Deposit. B. Planner Beach Formation; 



BB. Siliceoua. C. Highly acid; CC. Quartz sand. 

 TOPOGRAPHY: A. Ridge; AA. Old beach ridge system. B. Patsy Pond Area; BB. Sc.nd 



ridges, BB. Constant slopes, BB. Flats. C. Gently undulating, C. Smooth; 



CC. Open, variously exposed, nearly level to gently sloping slopes. 



CANOPY: Height, DBH, and age not determined. 

 DOMINAIiTS: Large, excurrent, evergreen trees. 



CANOPY ANALYSIS 



















Species 







I.V. 





Rel. Den. 



Rel. Dom. 



Rel. Freq. 



Pinus palustrla 

 Quercus laevis 

 Q. vlrglniana 

 Q. laurlfolla 







189.98 

 63.96 

 23.98 

 22.82 





73.4AX 



20.31 



3.13 



3.13 



77.73Z 

 19. 8A 

 1.80 

 0.64 



38.81Z 

 23.81 

 19.05 

 19.05 



(^ of Points 



CANOPY SPECIES 

 Ilex opaca 

 Q. falcata 



16 d 



PRESENT, BUT NOT 

 , Liquldambar sty 

 , Q. margaretta. 



19.02 ft 



IN ANALYSIS: 

 raciflua, Pinus taeda, 

 and Sassafras albidum. 



H of individuals/ 

 Quercus X blufft 



acre 120.41 

 onensis. 



SUBCANOPY: Height, DBH, tod age not determined. 



DOMINANTS: Large, deliquescent, deciduous trees. 



SUBCANOPY ANALYSIS: Included in quarterpolnts for the canopy. 



See table above. 



SHRUB LAYER DOMINANTS: Typical dwarf to tall dwarf, rhizomatous, deciduous shrubs. 



SHRUB ANALYSIS: See Table 6. 



SHRUB SPECIES PRESENT, BUT NOT IN ANALYSIS: 



TYPICAL DWARF SHRUBS- Hyperlcum reductum, NORMAL SHRUBS- Lyonia luclda, Myrlca 

 heterophylla . TALL SHRUBS- Castanea pumila var. ashel , Crataegus sp., GIANT 

 SHRUBS- Vaccinium arboreum . 



HERB LAYER DOMINANTS: None present. 



HERB ANALYSIS: See Table 6. 



HERB SPECIES PRESENT, BUT NOT IN ANALYSIS: 



MEDIUM FORBS- Lachnocaulon minus . Monotropa 'Unlflora . Stipullclda setacea . TALL 

 FORBS -Clrsium repandum . Cnidoscolus stlmulosus . Eupatorlum recurvans , Gnaphallum 

 obtualfollym . Llatris secunda . MEDIUM GRASS ES-Panicum portorlcense . TALL GRASSES- 

 Andropogon scoparius , A_. virginicus , Eragrostis elliottii , Sporobolus poirettii , 

 Tridens flavus , TALL FERN Pteridium aquilinuin . 



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