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Cephalanthus occidentalis Seasonally Flooded Shrubland Alliance | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Cephalanthus occidentalis Seasonally Flooded Shrubland Alliance
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: Vegetation in this alliance occurs in seasonally flooded basins in which the water level generally is beneath the soil surface by the end of the growing season. Cephalanthus occidentalis is the dominant species. Herbaceous species that may be present include Carex striata, Glyceria spp., Polygonum amphibium, and Panicum verrucosum. This alliance is distributed in the Coastal Plain in Maryland and Virginia and possibly along the Atlantic north to Massachusetts, the Interior Low Plateau of Tennessee, and possibly adjoining states; it also occurs in California. This alliance includes shrub vegetation of ponds over fragipan soils in southeastern central Tennessee. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.18275.CEPHALANTHUSOCC
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Cephalanthus occidentalis Seasonally Flooded Shrubland Alliance
  Translated: Buttonbush Seasonally Flooded Shrubland Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.124871 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.988