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Pinus taeda - Chamaecyparis thyoides - Acer rubrum - Nyssa biflora Saturated Forest Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus taeda - Chamaecyparis thyoides - Acer rubrum - Nyssa biflora Saturated Forest Alliance
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: Nonriverine swamp forests. Vegetation in this alliance has a very restricted distribution. One association has been described at this time; it has a canopy dominated by variable mixtures of Pinus taeda, Pinus serotina, Chamaecyparis thyoides, Taxodium distichum, Taxodium ascendens, Nyssa biflora, Acer rubrum var. trilobum, and Liriodendron tulipifera. The subcanopy is open to dense, and consists of Magnolia virginiana, Persea palustris, and Cyrilla racemiflora. The shrub layer is often well-developed, though not pocosin-like, and characteristically includes Lyonia lucida, Clethra alnifolia, Cyrilla racemiflora, Vaccinium formosum, and Vaccinium fuscatum. Smilax laurifolia is a liana climbing into the canopy. The herb layer is poorly developed, with Woodwardia areolata, Woodwardia virginica, Carex spp., and Sphagnum spp. Soils are generally organic, such as Typic Medisaprists and Terric Medisaprists. Forests in this alliance are apparently shallowly inundated during the winter by high water table, and also appear to receive occasional mineral input from flood runoff from adjacent very slightly higher communities, and from wind and storm tides from nearby estuarine sounds. Some occurrences may develop from disturbed stands of Chamaecyparis thyoides-dominated forests. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.27645.PINUSTAEDACHAMA
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Pinus taeda - Chamaecyparis thyoides - Acer rubrum - Nyssa biflora Saturated Forest Alliance
  Translated: Loblolly Pine - Atlantic White-cedar - Red Maple - Swamp Blackgum Saturated Forest Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.126544 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.444