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 Natural Characboristics Summary 



a. Vegetation-Biotic Community Summary 



Community typo: Varies. Examples are Carya g labr a -Qu er cu s 

 nigra / Cornus florida / Polystichu m acr ostic h oides and C . g labr a-Q . 



Community cover typo: michauxii /Corpus f lor ida / Lyon ia luc Ida 

 Varies. C ary a glabra - Quercus nigra and C . gla bra-Q . mic hauxii are 



General habitat feature: frequent. 



Mesic hardwood forest 

 Average tree height: , 



• [estimated age of canopy trees: 100 + ? 



Estimated tiize ot association (sq, m(^tcrs, acres, etc.): 



Less than 25 acres 

 Successional .stage: Mostly near climax. Mixed transient 

 and climax at some sites due to selective cutting about 1900. 

 Sore typo: Psamraosere 



Common canopy apecies in community cover type or 



comnunity typo (but not dominant): Quercu s alba , Quercus 



falcata , P inus t a eda (locally), P inus palustris (locally) 



Coi.unon subcanopy-bhrub stratum species in community 



cover type or community tY[)e (but not dominant) : Ijex o£a£a , 



Leu cot hoe ax illari s , Symp toe os t inc t or ia , S tewar t ia ma lacodendron 



CoirjTTon herb stratum species in community type (but not 

 dominant) : Panicum sp. , Mi tche 11a re pens 



Successional stage: 



Sere typo: 



Soil Summary 



Source of information: USDA-SCS . 1979. Soil Survey of 



Carteret County, NC . Interim report. 



.J _^ . Onslow loamy sand and Lynchburg fine sandy loam 

 Soil order: both Ultisol 



pH class: extremely acid to acid (3.6-5.5) 

 Moisture cla.ss: mesic 

 Associated community cover type or community typo: 



