Name:
Taxodium ascendens Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
Seasonally flooded forests dominated or codominated by Taxodium ascendens. Species composition ranges from pure Taxodium ascendens to relatively mixed canopy with characteristic canopy and subcanopy/shrub species including Nyssa biflora, Magnolia virginiana, Acer rubrum, Pinus elliottii var. elliottii, Persea palustris, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Annona glabra, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera), Salix caroliniana, Ilex cassine, Fraxinus caroliniana, Cyrilla racemiflora, Clethra alnifolia, Cliftonia monophylla, and others. The subcanopy and shrub layers often are dense. Density of the herbaceous stratum varies with duration of flooding. Common species in this stratum include Woodwardia virginica, Saururus cernuus, Lachnanthes caroliana, Carex striata, Carex turgescens, Rhynchospora microcephala (= Rhynchospora cephalantha var. microcephala), Dulichium arundinaceum, Osmunda cinnamomea, Pontederia cordata, Boehmeria cylindrica, Triadenum spp., Brasenia schreberi, Nymphoides spp., Nelumbo lutea, Cabomba caroliniana, Potamogeton spp., Rhynchospora macrostachya, Rhynchospora inundata, Carex spp., Utricularia spp., Juncus spp., Polygonum spp., and Hydrocotyle spp. Some examples may have trees shorter than 5 m, especially around the margins of cypress domes in shallower water and thinner soil, but all are classified here. All of these forests experience water levels that fall below the surface, but some examples will have almost year-round flooding. Topographic setting ranges from depression sinkholes to streamside. Forests in this alliance occur in the outer Coastal Plain from North Carolina to Louisiana.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.24931.TAXODIUMASCENDE
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