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Acer rubrum var. trilobum - (Nyssa biflora) / Clethra alnifolia - (Persea palustris) Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Acer rubrum var. trilobum - (Nyssa biflora) / Clethra alnifolia - (Persea palustris) Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: Forests of this association are often dominated by <i>Acer rubrum var. trilobum</i> or <i>Acer rubrum var. rubrum</i> but may be codominated by <i>Nyssa biflora</i>. Other canopy components may include <i>Pinus serotina, Pinus taeda</i>, and <i>Chamaecyparis thyoides</i> on organic soils. The understory is dominated by pocosin shrubs, including <i>Clethra alnifolia, Lyonia lucida, Ilex glabra, Ilex coriacea</i>, and <i>Persea palustris</i> which may form a continuous layer in some occurrences. A tangle of vines, including <i>Smilax rotundifolia, Smilax laurifolia, Toxicodendron radicans, Decumaria barbara, Parthenocissus quinquefolia</i>, and <i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>, are often present. This community occurs on extensive peat flats in the "tidewater" Coastal Plain of North Carolina and Virginia. In Maryland, this community type is known from saturated peatlands associated with headwater basin swamps and an ancient oxbow swamp on the Maryland Coastal Plain. It is apparently the result of logging of <i>Chamaecyparis thyoides</i> (and other peatland) forests, followed by fire suppression. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34922.CEGL007445
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]
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  Common: Swamp Tupelo - Carolina Red Maple / Swamp Bay Forest
  Translated: Carolina Red Maple - (Swamp Tupelo) / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush - (Swamp Bay) Forest
  Scientific: Acer rubrum var. trilobum - (Nyssa biflora) / Clethra alnifolia - (Persea palustris) Forest
  Code: CEGL007445