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Chamaecyparis thyoides - Acer rubrum - Magnolia virginiana Forest | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Chamaecyparis thyoides - Acer rubrum - Magnolia virginiana Forest
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This is a mixed Atlantic white-cedar - red maple swamp of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. In addition to Chamaecyparis thyoides and Acer rubrum, other canopy associates include Nyssa sylvatica, Magnolia virginiana. The shrub layer is characterized by Vaccinium corymbosum or Vaccinium formosum, Clethra alnifolia, Ilex glabra, Gaylussacia frondosa, Rhododendron viscosum. The herbaceous layer may be sparse to moderate cover and includes species such as Mitchella repens, Sarracenia purpurea, Triadenum virginicum, Pogonia ophioglossoides. In canopy openings, Peltandra virginica, Orontium aquaticum, Iris versicolor may also occur. Sphagnum mosses form a moderately dense to dense bryophyte layer; species include Sphagnum magellanicum, Sphagnum pulchrum, Sphagnum flavicomans, Sphagnum recurvum, and Sphagnum fallax. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.18276.CHAMAECYPARISTH
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Atlantic White-cedar - Red Maple - Sweetbay Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683516 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006078
  Scientific: Chamaecyparis thyoides - Acer rubrum - Magnolia virginiana Forest
  Common: Coastal Plain Atlantic White-cedar - Red Maple Swamp
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Chamaecyparis thyoides - Acer rubrum - Magnolia virginiana Forest