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 COMMUNITY DIVERSITY SUMMARY 



PATSY POND 



Grass System 



Tall, cespltose, deciduous grasses 



Grass zone 

 Foaceae 



ANDROPOGON SCOPARIUS 

 Andropogon acoparius 



SOILS: A. Entlsol; AA. Psananent. B. Quartzipsanment; BB. Typic quartzipsatnment. 



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



Topsoil: 0-70 cm, light gray, fine to medium sand, pH 3.9. 



Subsoil: 70 cm +» dark reddish brown, fine to medium sand, pH 3.9 (hardpan). 

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



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

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



C. Smooth; CC. Open, variously exposed, nearly slopes. 



CANOPY: None present. 

 SUBCANOPY: None present. 

 SHRUBS: None present. 



HERB LAYER DOMINANTS: Tall, cespitose, deciduous grasses. 



HERB ANALYSIS: 





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38 



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40 



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43 



44 



Species 



C.S 



C.S 



C.S 



C.S 



C.S 



C.S 



C.S 



C.S 



VERY SMALL HERBS 



















Centella asiatica 



3.5 



2.5 



1.5 



2.5 



2.5 



2.5 



2.5 



4.5 



SMALL HERBS 



















Drosera capillaris 



+.1 



+.1 



+.1 



+.1 



+.1 



-.- 



^ • ^ 



~ • ^ 



D. intermedia 



^ • *■ 



+.1 



+.1 



+.1 



1.1 



-,- 



~ •^ 



^« ^ 



MEDIUM HERBS 



















Polygala lutea 



^ • •■ 



^ • ■■ 



■■ • ^ 



~ • ^ 



■" • ■" 



-,- 



1.1 



^ • ^ 



TALL HERBS 



















Rhexla mariana 



^ • ^ 



^ • ^ 



^ • *" 



^ • ^ 



+.1 



-.- 



"* • ^ 



^ • ^ 



Xyris caroliniana 



+.1 



+.1 



+.1 



^ • "* 



+.1 



-,- 



^ • ^ 



*■ • ^ 



MEDIUM GRASSES 



















Eleocharis sp. 



3.2 



1.2 



^ • ^ 



1.2 



2.2 



-.- 



^ • ■" 



^ • ^ 



TALL GRASSES 



















Andropogon scoparius 



4.2 



5.2 



5.2 



4.2 



3.2 



5.2 



5.2 



5.2 



A. virginicus 



^ • * 



^ • ^ 



^« "" 



^ • ^ 



* • " 



-.- 



^ • ^ 



+.3 



Panlcum spretum 



^ • ^ 



^ • ^ 



-.- 



^ • ^ 



•■ » •• 



-.- 



^ ♦ ^ 



1.3 



Rhynchospora wrightiana 



^ • ^ 



^ • "' 



*■ • " 



^ • "" 



~ • ■" 



1.2 



1.2 



1.2 



HERB SPECIES PRESENT, BUT NOT IN ANALYSIS: TALL^ HERBS, Eupatorlum recurvans . 

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ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION: 



Vegetationally — Poaceous Grass System with tall, cespitose, deciduous grasses. 

 Climatically — Warm, temperate mesothermal climate: Cool, moist yearly, moderately hot 

 and moderately wet in the summer (July), moderately warm and moderately dry in the 

 winter (January) and with a very long Frost Free season. Pedologically — Leon, thermic, 

 uncoaced typlc quartzlpsamment soil. Geologically — Highly acid, siliceous. Planner 

 Beach, unconsolidated quartz sand deposit. ToTJOgraphically — Open, variously exposed, 

 nearly level zones with a smooth surface on an old beach ridge system. Temporally 

 and spatially— Pyroclimax stage of a psammosere in the Sea Island Section of the 

 Atlantic Coastal Plain. 



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