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Liquidambar styraciflua - Acer rubrum / Carex spp. - Sphagnum spp. Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Liquidambar styraciflua - Acer rubrum / Carex spp. - Sphagnum spp. Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This association is designed to accommodate a variety of isolated, poorly understood seasonally flooded forests of upland depressions in the Southern Blue Ridge and the adjacent and submontane Piedmont. This includes an example in Cades Cove in the Great Smokies National Park, an example in the Piedmont portion of the Chattahoochee National Forest (Georgia), the Bankhead National Forest (Alabama), and possibly the Uwharrie National Forest (North Carolina). Stands assigned to this concept are dominated by some combination of Liquidambar styraciflua and/or Acer rubrum, possibly with Nyssa sylvatica and/or Liriodendron tulipifera. Some shrubs that may be found include Cornus amomum, Cornus foemina, and Alnus serrulata. Some woody vines which are possible components include Berchemia scandens, Decumaria barbara, and Smilax laurifolia. Herbs (which may be abundant to sparse) include Carex intumescens, Carex spp., Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Dichanthelium spp., Leersia spp., Rhynchospora capitellata, Mitchella repens, and Arisaema triphyllum. Some sites may have ground layers dominated by vascular plants (especially graminoids), others dominated by Sphagnum spp. One of the Sphagnum species associated with these forests may be a disjunct Coastal Plain species, Sphagnum cuspidatum var. floridanum. The variable composition of stands assigned here and the lack of understanding of the dynamics of this type (successional trends, disturbance, hydrology) mean that the type is somewhat poorly defined. More information is needed.  Accession Code: VB.CC.22282.LIQUIDAMBARSTYR Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-May-1995 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Liquidambar styraciflua - (Acer rubrum) Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Sweetgum - Red Maple / Sedge species - Peatmoss species Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687359 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL007388   Scientific: Liquidambar styraciflua - Acer rubrum / Carex spp. - Sphagnum spp. Forest   Common: Upland Sweetgum - Red Maple Pond (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Liquidambar styraciflua - Acer rubrum / Carex spp. - Sphagnum spp. Forest