Name:
Taxodium distichum - Nyssa (aquatica, biflora, ogeche) Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
Floodplain forests, with seasonally flooded hydrology, dominated by Taxodium distichum and usually one or more of the following: Nyssa aquatica, Nyssa biflora, and/or Nyssa ogeche. Characteristic woody species include Quercus lyrata, Carya aquatica, Acer rubrum, Planera aquatica, Fraxinus caroliniana, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus laurifolia, Populus heterophylla, Ilex decidua, and others. The subcanopy, shrub and herbaceous layers of these communities range from sparse to moderate. Herbaceous and vine species that may be present include Leersia lenticularis, Justicia ovata, Carex intumescens, Boehmeria cylindrica, Onoclea sensibilis, Commelina communis, Hydrocotyle verticillata, Ludwigia palustris, Carex bromoides, Saururus cernuus, Pilea pumila, Phanopyrum gymnocarpon (= Panicum gymnocarpon), Campsis radicans, Smilax tamnoides (= Smilax hispida), Ampelopsis arborea, Mikania scandens, and others. Forests in this alliance occur in the Coastal Plain from Virginia south to Florida, west to eastern Texas, and in the Mississippi River alluvial basin north to southern Illinois.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.19877.TAXODIUMDISTICH
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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- status: accepted
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This Community's Level:
Alliance
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 This Community's Children:
[none]
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Names:
Scientific: Taxodium distichum - Nyssa (aquatica, biflora, ogeche) Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance
Translated: Bald-cypress - (Water Tupelo, Swamp Blackgum, Ogeechee Tupelo) Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance
UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.124988
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Code: A.337
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