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Taxodium distichum - Nyssa biflora / Sabal palmetto / Tillandsia (bartramii, usneoides) Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Taxodium distichum - Nyssa biflora / Sabal palmetto / Tillandsia (bartramii, usneoides) Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This forest type includes wet forests of Florida that are flooded by river overbank flow, and are dominated by a combination of <i>Taxodium distichum</i> and <i>Nyssa biflora</i>. <i>Sabal palmetto</i> and <i>Acer rubrum</i> are also typically present in the subcanopy, with <i>Itea virginica</i> and a variety of evergreen small trees and shrubs in various woody strata (e.g., <i>Persea palustris, Ilex cassine, Morella cerifera</i>, and <i>Lyonia lucida</i>). Other shrub and herb components vary among stands. The epiphytes <i>Tillandsia bartramii</i> and <i>Tillandsia usneoides</i> are typically present. This community occurs in sloughs and depressions in seasonally flooded Coastal Plain riverine settings. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35274.CEGL003850
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: Central Florida Bald-cypress - Swamp Tupelo Forest
  Translated: Bald-cypress - Swamp Tupelo / Cabbage Palmetto / (Bartram's Airplant, Spanish-moss) Forest
  Scientific: Taxodium distichum - Nyssa biflora / Sabal palmetto / Tillandsia (bartramii, usneoides) Forest
  Code: CEGL003850
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684491 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo