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Taxodium distichum - Taxodium ascendens / Panicum hemitomon Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Taxodium distichum - Taxodium ascendens / Panicum hemitomon Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association represents narrow wooded shorelines of natural Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain acid/blackwater lakes (Peatlands Lakes and Carolina Bays). This type is found on nearly all natural lakes in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina with the exception of Lake Waccamaw. Vegetation is quite sparse and low in species diversity; the vegetated zone is typically only a few meters in width. Overstory is typified by an open canopy of <i>Taxodium distichum</i> and occasionally <i>Taxodium ascendens</i>. Individual cypress trees tend to be small/stunted, and are likely quite old. Cypress regeneration is noticeably absent in most examples. A sparse shrub layer, consisting of <i>Vaccinium</i> sp (probably <i>Vaccinium formosum</i>), <i>Cyrilla racemiflora</i>, and <i>Leucothoe racemosa</i>, is often present. These shrubs appear to be distributed in clumps as they are rooted on either hummocks or cypress knees and bases. Beds of <i>Panicum hemitomon</i> may also be present and patchily distributed. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35105.CEGL004466
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:   Common: Atlantic Coastal Plain Lakeshore Woodland
  Translated: Bald-cypress - Pond-cypress / Maidencane Woodland
  Scientific: Taxodium distichum - Taxodium ascendens / Panicum hemitomon Woodland
  Code: CEGL004466
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687764 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo