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Magnolia virginiana - Nyssa biflora - (Taxodium distichum, Nyssa aquatica, Persea palustris) Tidal Forest Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Magnolia virginiana - Nyssa biflora - (Taxodium distichum, Nyssa aquatica, Persea palustris) Tidal Forest Alliance
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This alliance includes freshwater tidal forests of the southeastern Coastal Plain. It is conceptually related to other tidal forest alliances, especially I.B.2.N.h Nyssa biflora - (Nyssa aquatica, Taxodium distichum) Tidal Forest Alliance (A.357). This alliance is distinguished by its much greater component of broad-leaved evergreen trees in the canopy, such as Magnolia virginiana, Persea palustris, Sabal palmetto, and others, related to its more southerly distribution. Characteristic species include Magnolia virginiana, Nyssa biflora, Taxodium distichum, Nyssa aquatica (in brownwater situations), Persea palustris, and Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola. Taxodium ascendens may replace Taxodium distichum in some examples. These forests occur in the estuarine portions of river systems; they are flooded twice daily by freshwater tidal waters, or in some cases less frequently than daily. Associations of this alliance typically have closed canopies, but trees are often stunted and gnarled, and in more stressed situations the canopy can be open. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.20121.MAGNOLIAVIRGINI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 23-Feb-1998 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Magnolia virginiana - Nyssa biflora - (Taxodium distichum, Nyssa aquatica, Persea palustris) Tidal Forest Alliance
  Translated: Sweetbay - Swamp Blackgum - (Bald-cypress, Water Tupelo, Swampbay) Tidal Forest Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.124720 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.1885