Login | Datasets | Logout
Jump to... Home PLOT search PLANT search COMMUNITY search Simple search Manage datasets Tutorial About FAQ ------- Site map VegBranch Data dictionary ERD

stdcommconcept2413624136

View Community Concepts - Detail

Pinus taeda - Nyssa biflora - Taxodium distichum / Morella cerifera / Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
click to update datacart
Name: Pinus taeda - Nyssa biflora - Taxodium distichum / Morella cerifera / Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This community occurs on relatively firm, poorly decomposed, fibrous and root-rich peat, which usually overlies soupy, well-decomposed peat at depths of about 0.5-1.0 m. Microtopography frequently exhibits a strong hummock-and-hollow pattern, with hollows retaining standing water through much of the year. Flooding by wind tides is frequent, and habitats may be inundated to depths of 0.5 m or more by occasional powerful wind tide events. This community may have complex long term dynamics, related to inlet closing and opening. Nyssa biflora and Taxodium distichum dominate the canopy in variable proportions. Pinus taeda is also present and is diagnostic of this type in Virginia. Acer rubrum and Liquidambar styraciflua may also be important, especially in the subcanopy stratum. Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera var. cerifera) is characteristically dominant in the shrub layer, sometimes reaching subcanopy heights (6-10 m). Other small tree and shrub components include Persea palustris, Itea virginica, Clethra alnifolia, Vaccinium corymbosum, Rosa palustris, and Magnolia virginiana. Smilax laurifolia and Smilax rotundifolia are common vines, and Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans also occurs. Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis is often the strong dominant of the herbaceous stratum, but also occurs in a more mixed condition with Carex spp., Osmunda cinnamomea, Polygonum spp., and Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens. In some areas, Carex hyalinolepis forms dense swards in this community.  Accession Code: VB.CC.24136.PINUSTAEDANYSSA Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Jan-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pinus taeda - Nyssa biflora - Taxodium distichum Tidal Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Loblolly Pine - Swamp Blackgum - Bald-cypress / Wax-myrtle / Royal Fern Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688542 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL004651   Scientific: Pinus taeda - Nyssa biflora - Taxodium distichum / Morella cerifera / Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis Forest   Common: Wind-Tidal Cypress - Gum Swamp (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Pinus taeda - Nyssa biflora - Taxodium distichum / Morella cerifera / Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis Forest