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Pinus taeda - Chamaecyparis thyoides - Acer rubrum - Nyssa biflora / Lyonia lucida - Clethra alnifolia Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus taeda - Chamaecyparis thyoides - Acer rubrum - Nyssa biflora / Lyonia lucida - Clethra alnifolia Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This type includes nonriverine swamps of the Outer Coastal Plain (embayed or tidewater region) of North Carolina, occurring on very large flats with a high water table. Soils are generally organic, such as Typic Medisaprists and Terric Medisaprists. The canopy is dominated by variable mixtures of <i>Pinus taeda, Pinus serotina, Chamaecyparis thyoides, Taxodium distichum, Taxodium ascendens, Nyssa biflora, Acer rubrum var. trilobum</i>, and <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i>. Many examples are dominated by <i>Nyssa biflora</i>, with <i>Taxodium</i> (of ambiguous species) and <i>Pinus taeda</i> as substantial minorities in the best examples. <i>Acer rubrum</i> is common in logged examples. <i>Chamaecyparis thyoides</i> is less common, and <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> and <i>Pinus serotina</i> are present in small numbers in only a few examples. The subcanopy is open to dense and consists of <i>Magnolia virginiana, Persea palustris</i>, and <i>Cyrilla racemiflora</i>. The shrub layer is often well-developed, though not pocosin-like, and characteristically includes <i>Lyonia lucida, Ilex glabra, Clethra alnifolia, Cyrilla racemiflora, Vaccinium formosum</i>, and <i>Vaccinium fuscatum</i>. <i>Smilax laurifolia</i> is a liana climbing into the canopy. The herb layer is poorly developed, with <i>Woodwardia areolata, Woodwardia virginica, Carex</i> spp., and <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35535.CEGL007558
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
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Names:   Translated: Loblolly Pine - Atlantic White-cedar - Red Maple - Swamp Tupelo / Shining Fetterbush - Coastal Sweet-pepperbush Forest
  Scientific: Pinus taeda - Chamaecyparis thyoides - Acer rubrum - Nyssa biflora / Lyonia lucida - Clethra alnifolia Forest
  Code: CEGL007558
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689896 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo