Name:
A.441
Reference:
EcoArt 2002
Description:
These communities occur in fire-protected situations in a pine flatwoods landscape. They have saturated hydrology, with infrequent ponding of water following heavy rains. These communities are known from the East Gulf Coastal Plain and the northern Florida peninsula. This alliance encompasses a type of mixed bayhead and saturated small stream forest, with a closed to nearly closed canopy of ~Pinus elliottii var. elliottii, Magnolia virginiana, Nyssa biflora, Acer rubrum, Liriodendron tulipifera$, and ~Liquidambar styraciflua$. ~Taxodium ascendens, Quercus laurifolia$, and ~Quercus nigra$ may also be present. Understory trees, shrubs, and vines include ~Photinia pyrifolia (= Aronia arbutifolia), Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta, Cyrilla racemiflora, Gaylussacia mosieri, Gelsemium rankinii, Gordonia lasianthus, Hypericum galioides, Ilex cassine, Ilex coriacea, Ilex glabra, Ilex opaca, Itea virginica, Lyonia lucida, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera), Morella caroliniensis (= Myrica heterophylla), Persea palustris, Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans$, and ~Viburnum nudum var. nudum$. Typical herbaceous species include ~Polygala cymosa, Carex glaucescens, Eriocaulon compressum, Viola X primulifolia, Woodwardia areolata, Woodwardia virginica$, and ~Xyris fimbriata$. ~Sphagnum$ spp. are abundant. This alliance grades to vegetation of slightly less wet sites with greater fire frequency.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.2101.A441
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
0
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