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COMMUNITY DIVERSITY SUMMARY 

 PATSY POhTO 



Vascular Aquatic System Panic grass bed 



Tall, emergent atolonlferous grasses Poaceae 



PANICUM HEMITOMON 

 Panlcum hemltomon 



SOILS: A. Hlstosol; AA. Flbrlst. B. Medlflbrlst, B. Sphagnoflbrlst; BB. Typlc 



medlflbrlst, BB. Llmnlc sphagnoflbrlst. C. Eulc, thermic typlc medlflbrlst, 



C. Sandy, coprogenous, eulc, thermic llmnlc sphagnoflbrlst; CC. Peat. 



Topsoll: 0-3 m, black, peat, pH 5.5. 



Subsoil: Sand. 

 HYDROLOGY: A. Emergent wetland; AA. Permanently flooded. B. Fresh; BB. Acid. 



C. Organic bottom; CC. Carbonaceous. 

 HYDROGRAPHY: A. Broad Creek and Sanders Creek which drain into Bogue Sound, Palustrlne; 



AA. Natural Impoundment ponds. B. Patsy Pond and associated ponds. Aqueous zones; 



BB. Zone. C. Smooth; CC. Open, variously exposed, nearly level slopes. 



CANOPY: None present. 

 SUBCANOPY: None present. 

 SHRUBS: None present. 



HERB LAYER DOMINANTS: Tall, emergent atolonlferous grasses. 

 HERB ANALYSIS: See Table 9. 



ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION: 



Vegetatlonally — Poaceous Vascular Aquatic System with tall, emergent atolonlferous 

 grasses. Cllmatlcally° -Warm. temperate mesothermal climate: Cool, moist yearly, 

 moderately hot and moderately wet in the summer (July), moderately warm and iwderately 

 dry In the winter (January) and with a very long Frost Free season. Pedologlcally — 

 Peat, eulc, thermic typlc medlflbrlst or sandy, coprogenous, eulc, thermic llmnlc 

 sphagnoflbrlst soil. Hydrologlcally- — An emergent wetland with a bottom of carbonaceous 

 organic material which la permanently flooded by fresh, acidic water. Hvdrographlcally — 

 A series of natural Impoundment ponds of the palustrlne system with open, variously 

 exposed, nearly level slopes with a smooth surface and with a drainage system consisting 

 of Broad Creek and Sanders Creek which flow into Bogue Sound. Temporally and 

 spatially — Pioneer stage of a hydrohistosere in the Sea Island Section of the Atlantic 

 Coastal Plain. 





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