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Nyssa biflora - (Taxodium distichum) / Clethra alnifolia - Viburnum nudum / Woodwardia areolata Forest | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Nyssa biflora - (Taxodium distichum) / Clethra alnifolia - Viburnum nudum / Woodwardia areolata Forest
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association includes seasonally flooded forests in acidic Coastal Plain bottomlands of southeastern and east-central Virginia, the Maryland Eastern Shore, and likely Delaware. It occurs along headwater swamps, and occasionally larger river backswamps, in sandy, nutrient-poor portions of the Coastal Plain. Soils are often organic or contain high organic matter content. Forest vegetation is generally dominated by <i>Nyssa biflora</i>, often with associated hardwoods such as <i>Acer rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus nigra</i>, and <i>Magnolia virginiana</i>. Although absent from many stands, <i>Taxodium distichum</i> is occasionally an important overstory associate. The understory is characterized by sparse to often dense cover of acidophilic, ericaceous and non-ericaceous shrubs such as <i>Leucothoe racemosa, Vaccinium formosum, Vaccinium fuscatum, Clethra alnifolia, Viburnum nudum, Itea virginica, Ilex verticillata</i>, and <i>Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta</i>. The herb layer varies from sparse to well-developed, with characteristic species such as <i>Woodwardia areolata, Saururus cernuus</i>, and others. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.30910.CEGL007054
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.868705 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Central Atlantic Blackwater Swamp Forest
  Translated: Swamp Tupelo - (Bald-cypress) / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush - Possumhaw / Netted Chainfern Forest
  Scientific: Nyssa biflora - (Taxodium distichum) / Clethra alnifolia - Viburnum nudum / Woodwardia areolata Forest
  Code: CEGL007054