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Chamaecyparis thyoides / Persea palustris / Lyonia lucida - Ilex coriacea Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Chamaecyparis thyoides / Persea palustris / Lyonia lucida - Ilex coriacea Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: Chamaecyparis thyoides / Persea palustris / Lyonia lucida - Ilex coriacea Forest is found in flat, non-alluvial peatlands, on organic soils that are permanently saturated. Its range is the Atlantic Coastal Plain in southern Virginia, North Carolina and possibly South Carolina. Typical occurrences have a canopy strongly dominated by Chamaecyparis thyoides, with scattered Acer rubrum, Nyssa biflora, and Persea palustris in the canopy and subcanopy. An open to dense shrub stratum typically contains Persea palustris, Lyonia lucida, Clethra alnifolia, Ilex glabra, Ilex coriacea, Smilax laurifolia, Vaccinium formosum, Magnolia virginiana, and Gaylussacia frondosa (= var. frondosa). The herb stratum is generally very sparse, but may include Woodwardia areolata, Woodwardia virginica, and Osmunda cinnamomea. Sphagnum spp., other mosses, and lichens are common on exposed peat and rotting wood. Establishment follows fire with a return time of 25-100+ years. Classification based on plot data from Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.  Accession Code: VB.CC.26532.CHAMAECYPARISTH 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: Chamaecyparis thyoides Saturated Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Atlantic White-cedar / Swampbay / Shining Fetterbush - Big Gallberry Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688673 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL006146   Scientific: Chamaecyparis thyoides / Persea palustris / Lyonia lucida - Ilex coriacea Forest   Common: Peatland Atlantic White-cedar Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Chamaecyparis thyoides / Persea palustris / Lyonia lucida - Ilex coriacea Forest