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 IJ atural Ch aracLui-J s !._ [ c ^ f; u mniary 



a. Vocjot lit ion-HnjL I f C'diuiuunity Sunin'aj-y 



Most common is Liquidambar styraciflua or Mixed hardwoods/ 

 Coinmanity typi.^: Carpinus caroliniana - Ilex opaca. Notable variation is 



Mixed hardwoods/Carpinus caroliniana-Ilex opaca/Sabal 

 Coirmunity covtM tyiJc-: minor / Folystichum acrostichoides . 



Liquidambar styraciflua or Mixed hardwoods 

 General habitat NMturc: Hardwood forest 



Averaqe tree hficjht: qq_^, 



Estimated age of canopy trees: ^^ -^qq 



Estimated size oL a.'socia t i on (sq, i'ii>tiMS, aci-c/s, etc.): 



ca. 300 acres. 

 Success iunal stacie: 



Sere type: near climax - . 



Common canopy species in coinmunily cc^ver tvjio or 



community typo (bnt not Uoiuimnt): Liriodendron tulipifera , Fraxinus s 



& Quercus michauxii-locally co-dominant ;Quercus nigra & Q. laurifolia common. 



CoiiUTion subcanopy-.shrvib stratum swedes in coniniiTTiiTy 



cover ty[je or corpiniur. i ty tytn^ (but not ciorainant): Acer rubrum, 



Cornus florida, Symplocos tinctoria, Lyonia lucida, Ligustrum smense. 



ComjTion herb s t r..i tuin spoijies Tn co;aiauni ty LyiTe (but !i6t 



dominant) : Woodwardia areolata, Asplenium platyneuron, Boehmeria cylindrica 



Carex spp, Saururus cernuus, Mitchella repens 



Success ional sLaq.': 



Sere tyi)e: 



b. Soi 1 Summary • 



Source of infoniat 'on: gQg^ USDA. 1979. Soil Survey of Carteret 



County, N.C., Interim report. 



Soil series: Deloss fine sandy loam, Roanoke loam, Newhan-Carteret (spoil; 



Soil order: Deloss and Roanoke- Ultisol, Newhan-Carteret- Entisol 



» pH class: Deloss- 4.5-6.5 strongly acidic to acidic, Roanoke-4 .5-5 .5 , 

 strongly acidic to acidic, Newhan-6 .6-7 .8 , acidic to circumneutral . 

 Moisture cla.ss: Deloss-wet, floods, Roanike, clayey, floods, 

 Newhan, droughty 

 Associated community covcj- tyi^e or community type: 



* pH tested was 6.0 J near Thelypteris and spoil material 6.5 



