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Taxodium distichum - Nyssa aquatica / Fraxinus caroliniana Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Taxodium distichum - Nyssa aquatica / Fraxinus caroliniana Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This is a semipermanently flooded community of brownwater rivers which occurs primarily in the outer Atlantic Coastal Plain extending through the East Gulf Coastal Plain. Vegetation is characterized by a dense canopy composed almost exclusively of straight, tall individuals of Taxodium distichum and Nyssa aquatica with a sparse to moderate subcanopy and depauperate shrub and herb layers. Occasional individuals of several species (e.g., Populus heterophylla, Salix nigra, Nyssa biflora, Planera aquatica, Ulmus americana, Fraxinus profunda, Fraxinus caroliniana, Carya aquatica, Quercus lyrata) are possible in the canopy or subcanopy. The herbaceous layer is very sparse, and typical species include Saururus cernuus, Proserpinaca pectinata, Proserpinaca palustris, Asclepias perennis, Commelina virginica, Leersia lenticularis, and Phanopyrum gymnocarpon (= Panicum gymnocarpon). It is found on the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain from southeastern Virginia to southern Georgia, and possibly on the lower Gulf Coastal Plain west to southeastern Louisiana, excluding the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain. It can be found in oxbow lakes and ponds, along the banks of rivers and lakes, on low wet flats and sloughs, swales and backswamps. It occurs only on saturated or flooded soils. Forests dominated by Taxodium distichum and Nyssa aquatica are common throughout the southeastern Coastal Plain.  Accession Code: VB.CC.22632.TAXODIUMDISTICH Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Nyssa aquatica - (Taxodium distichum) Semipermanently Flooded Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Code: CEGL007431   Translated: Bald-cypress - Water Tupelo / Water Ash Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686827 NatureServe Explorer   Scientific: Taxodium distichum - Nyssa aquatica / Fraxinus caroliniana Forest   Common: Cypress - Tupelo Semipermanently Flooded Brownwater Swamp (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Taxodium distichum - Nyssa aquatica / Fraxinus caroliniana Forest