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Quercus phellos / Carex (albolutescens, intumescens, joorii) / Climacium americanum Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus phellos / Carex (albolutescens, intumescens, joorii) / Climacium americanum Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association represents upland depression swamps found in the Piedmont of the Carolinas, Virginia, and the Potomac Valley region of Maryland. It also occurs in limited areas of the adjacent inner Coastal Plain of the Carolinas. Examples are usually dominated by an almost pure canopy of <i>Quercus phellos</i>, sometimes with codominant <i>Quercus lyrata</i> or <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>; scattered individuals of other tree species may be present. Shrubs are generally sparse and not particularly diagnostic of this community. The most characteristic component of the understory are wetland sedges such as <i>Carex albolutescens, Carex intumescens</i>, and <i>Carex joorii</i>, but a number of other species may also be encountered. <i>Sphagnum lescurii, Climacium americanum</i>, and <i>Polytrichum</i> spp. are important moss species. These ponds are important amphibian breeding areas. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34812.CEGL007403
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.2.685094 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Piedmont Upland Depression Willow Oak Swamp Forest
  Translated: Willow Oak / (Green-white Sedge, Greater Bladder Sedge, Cypress Swamp Sedge) / American Tree Moss Forest
  Scientific: Quercus phellos / Carex (albolutescens, intumescens, joorii) / Climacium americanum Forest
  Code: CEGL007403