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A.323 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.323
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes forests dominated by some combination of ~Nyssa aquatica, Nyssa biflora$, or ~Nyssa ogeche$ without substantial ~Taxodium distichum$, that occur in seasonally flooded floodplains, sloughs, and backswamps. ~Acer rubrum var. rubrum, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus lyrata, Ulmus americana$, and ~Liquidambar styraciflua$ are characteristic canopy species. The canopy layer in these forests often is dense, but strata below are sparse to very sparse. ~Fraxinus caroliniana, Itea virginica$, and ~Sebastiania fruticosa$ are common understory species. Common herbaceous species of forests in this alliance include ~Carex gigantea, Phanopyrum gymnocarpon (= Panicum gymnocarpon), Pluchea$ sp., ~Carex bromoides, Rhynchospora corniculata, Leersia lenticularis, Proserpinaca pectinata$, and ~Pleopeltis polypodioides$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1948.A323
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: I.B.2.N.e
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: NYSSA (AQUATICA, BIFLORA, OGECHE) FLOODPLAIN SEASONALLY FLOODED FOREST ALLIANCE
  Common: (Water Tupelo, Swamp Blackgum, Ogeechee Tupelo) Floodplain Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance
  Code: A.323
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Nyssa (aquatica, biflora, ogeche) Floodplain Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance