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NY Heritage: Red maple-black gum swamp | Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed.
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Name: NY Heritage: Red maple-black gum swamp Reference: Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed. Description: A maritime, coastal, or inland hardwood swamp that occurs in poorly drained depressions, sometimes in a narrow band between a stream and upland. Coastal plain examples have a shallow layer of acidic, well decomposed peat over saturated sandy loam or loamy sand. Inland examples usually occur on an acidic silt loam. Hummock-hollow microtopography is evident. Red maple (Acer rubrum) and black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) are often codominant or black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) may be the dominant tree. Pitch pine (Pinus rigida) may occur on drier hummock islands in pine barrens settings. The shrub layer is usually well developed. Characteristic shrubs are sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia), highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), swamp azalea (Rhododendron viscosum), fetterbush (Leucothoe racemosa), dangleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa), and on the Atlantic coastal plain inkberry (Ilex glabra). Vines such as greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia), sawbrier (Smilax glauca), Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), and poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) are present in the understory. The herbaceous layer is not particularly diverse, characterized by cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea), skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), and on the Atlantic coastal plain by netted chain fern (Woodwardia areolata). The nonvascular layer may or may not be well developed. Characteristic nonvascular species are Sphagnum spp. with S. girghensonii occurring in more inland examples. More data may support the future recognition of inland and coastal plain variants of this community. More data on characteristic fauna are needed.  Accession Code: VB.CC.28721.NYHERITAGEREDMA Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
	Party Perspective according to: Howard, Timothy Perspective from: 03-Dec-2004 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: NY Heritage: PALUSTRINE SYSTEM This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Other: NY Heritage: Red maple-black gum swamp