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Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica Saturated Forest Alliance | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica Saturated Forest Alliance
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This alliance covers deciduous forested acid seeps, saturated swamp forests, and "basin swamps" of the eastern and southeastern United States. Forests in this alliance have variable canopy composition, but Acer rubrum and Nyssa sylvatica are common components. Canopy composition differs from the surrounding upland and varies with geography. Typical canopy species across the range of this alliance include Acer rubrum var. trilobum, Nyssa sylvatica, and Liquidambar styraciflua. Understory and shrub species include Alnus serrulata, Ilex opaca var. opaca, Photinia pyrifolia (= Aronia arbutifolia), and Ilex verticillata. Characteristic herbaceous species are Osmunda cinnamomea and Osmunda regalis. Sphagnum spp. are typical. These wetland forests occur where surface water is seldom present, but the substrate is saturated to the surface for extended periods during the growing season, and include forested acid seeps on hillsides or streamheads, on edges of floodplains, and other poorly drained depressions. Individual occurrences of these forests tend to be small in extent, and can provide habitat for rare plant species. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.19735.ACERRUBRUMNYSSA
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: Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica Saturated Forest Alliance
  Translated: Red Maple - Blackgum Saturated Forest Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125634 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.348