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Taxodium distichum - (Taxodium ascendens) Seasonally Flooded Lakeshore Woodland Alliance | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Taxodium distichum - (Taxodium ascendens) Seasonally Flooded Lakeshore Woodland Alliance
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This alliance includes seasonally (to semipermanently) flooded woodlands of lakeshores dominated by Taxodium distichum. The shrub stratum can range from fairly dense to absent, and such species as Cephalanthus occidentalis, Clethra alnifolia, Leucothoe racemosa, Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans, and Acer rubrum may be present. The herbaceous layer may contain Juncus repens, Eleocharis quadrangulata, Panicum hemitomon, Sclerolepis uniflora, Panicum verrucosum, Fuirena pumila, Cyperus polystachyos var. texensis, Cyperus odoratus, Fimbristylis autumnalis, Lindernia dubia, Echinochloa muricata, and Panicum dichotomiflorum, as well as species more typical of forested swamps that root at the peaty bases of trees and shrubs. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.18695.TAXODIUMDISTICH
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: Taxodium distichum - (Taxodium ascendens) Seasonally Flooded Lakeshore Woodland Alliance
  Translated: Bald-cypress - (Pond-cypress) Seasonally Flooded Lakeshore Woodland Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125226 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.652