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Gordonia lasianthus - Magnolia virginiana - Persea palustris / Sphagnum spp. Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Gordonia lasianthus - Magnolia virginiana - Persea palustris / Sphagnum spp. Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: These forests occur in saturated, peat-filled seepage depressions usually located at the base of sandy slopes but also at the edges of floodplains or other flat areas with high water tables. The closed, broad-leaved evergreen canopy is composed of Magnolia virginiana, Persea palustris, and Gordonia lasianthus. A patchy understory of shrubs (Cyrilla racemiflora, Clethra alnifolia, Itea virginica, Lyonia lucida, Ilex glabra) and vines (Smilax laurifolia, Smilax glauca, Vitis rotundifolia) occur with an abundant to sparse layer of ferns (Woodwardia areolata and Osmunda cinnamomea). The Sphagnum mats are interlaced with exposed tree roots. The southern limit of this community is just north of Lake Okeechobee, Florida, the community extends northward through Georgia and South Carolina to North Carolina, where Gordonia lasianthus reaches the limit of its distribution. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.18986.GORDONIALASIANT
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Common: Loblolly-bay Forest
  Translated: Loblolly-bay - Sweetbay - Swampbay / Peatmoss species Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684012 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007044
  Scientific: Gordonia lasianthus - Magnolia virginiana - Persea palustris / Sphagnum spp. Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Gordonia lasianthus - Magnolia virginiana - Persea palustris / Sphagnum spp. Forest