Name:
Pinus taeda - Acer rubrum - Liquidambar styraciflua / Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This community is extensively distributed in the northern portion of the Great Dismal Swamp, on the margins of large peat domes, where peat feathers out into mineral soil. The type is a young, successional type which has probably replaced both hydrophytic oak forests and nearly treeless canebrakes following extensive cutting, fire suppression, and hydrologic alteration. Hydrology is saturated by permanently high water tables, with occasional shallow surface ponding during extended wet periods. Soils range from loamy sands to silty clay loams, with or without an organic mantle up to 30 cm deep. <i>Pinus taeda, Acer rubrum var. trilobum</i>, and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> dominate the canopy in various combinations and proportions. The sparse subcanopy can include <i>Acer rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Nyssa sylvatica, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Magnolia virginiana, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus nigra, Quercus michauxii</i>, and <i>Quercus alba</i>. <i>Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta</i> occurs in dense (or sometimes patchy) stands. Other shrubs include <i>Clethra alnifolia, Vaccinium formosum, Vaccinium fuscatum, Smilax rotundifolia, Smilax glauca, Ilex opaca, Ilex glabra, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera var. cerifera), Persea palustris, Leucothoe racemosa</i>, and <i>Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans</i>. Locally, <i>Lyonia lucida</i> and <i>Asimina triloba</i> may occur, as well. Herbaceous species are sparse to essentially lacking, but can include <i>Woodwardia areolata, Woodwardia virginica, Osmunda cinnamomea</i>, and <i>Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis</i>.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.35581.CEGL004649
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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