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A.1887 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1887
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Juniper woodlands along upper reaches of tidal creeks is the vegetation type that characterizes this alliance. One association, currently known from coastal North Carolina, has a canopy dominated by ~Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola$, with widely scattered emergent ~Pinus taeda, Acer rubrum var. trilobum, Ulmus americana$, and ~Persea palustris$. The shrub layer is open to fairly dense, and dominated by ~Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera)$, with less frequent ~Persea palustris$ and ~Baccharis halimifolia$. Mucky openings are dominated by ~Kosteletzkya virginica, Bacopa monnieri, Pluchea rosea (= var. rosea), Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus, Eleocharis$ spp., and ~Cyperus$ spp. Other characteristic species include ~Hydrocotyle$ sp., ~Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense, Typha angustifolia, Lythrum lineare, Solidago sempervirens var. mexicana, Toxicodendron radicans, Schoenoplectus robustus (= Scirpus robustus)$, and others. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1587.A1887
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 23-Feb-1998 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: II.A.4.N.g
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA VAR. SILICICOLA TIDAL WOODLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1887
  Common: Coastal Red-cedar Tidal Woodland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola Tidal Woodland Alliance