Name:
A.658
Reference:
EcoArt 2002
Description:
Tidal swamp woodlands of the mid-Atlantic that occur on tidal rivers and receive diurnal flooding with water less than 5 ppt salinity; waters generally oligohaline to fresh. This alliance includes swamp woodlands of low stature found at the fresh tidal marsh/streamside swamp forest boundary. The vegetation is a complex of regularly flooded tidal sediments and tree hummocks raised above the level of regular tidal influence. The hummocks support ~Acer rubrum, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Nyssa sylvatica$, and in Delaware, ~Chamaecyparis thyoides$. One association in North Carolina contains ~Acer negundo$ in the canopy with lesser amounts of ~Nyssa aquatica, Taxodium distichum$, and ~Ulmus rubra$. Shrub and vine species include ~Vaccinium corymbosum, Leucothoe racemosa, Rhododendron viscosum, Clethra alnifolia, Rosa palustris, Smilax rotundifolia, Smilax walteri, Ampelopsis arborea, Sicyos angulatus, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Vitis rotundifolia, Matelea gonocarpos, Smilax rotundifolia, Clematis crispa$, and ~Toxicodendron radicans$. Herbaceous species that occur in the tidal sediments include ~Zizania aquatica, Impatiens capensis, Acorus calamus, Cinna arundinacea, Nelumbo lutea, Mikania scandens, Peltandra virginica$, and ~Sagittaria latifolia$.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.2300.A658
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
0
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