Name:
Pinus elliottii var. elliottii - Magnolia virginiana - Taxodium ascendens - Nyssa biflora / Polygala cymosa - Carex glaucescens Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This bayhead community of the East Gulf Coastal Plain has a closed canopy (or nearly so) of <i>Pinus elliottii var. elliottii, Magnolia virginiana, Taxodium ascendens, Nyssa biflora, Acer rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus laurifolia</i>, and <i>Quercus nigra</i>. Understory trees, shrubs, and vines include <i>Photinia pyrifolia (= Aronia arbutifolia), Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta, Cyrilla racemiflora, Gaylussacia mosieri, Gelsemium rankinii, Hypericum galioides, Ilex coriacea, Ilex glabra, Ilex opaca, Itea virginica, Lyonia lucida, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera), Morella caroliniensis (= Myrica heterophylla), Persea palustris, Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans</i>, and <i>Viburnum nudum var. nudum</i>. Typical herbaceous species include <i>Polygala cymosa, Carex glaucescens, Eriocaulon compressum, Viola x primulifolia, Woodwardia areolata</i>, and <i>Xyris fimbriata</i>. <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. are abundant. This community grades to slightly less wet sites with greater fire frequency, which have a related community, ~<i>Pinus elliottii</i> var. <i>elliottii - Taxodium ascendens / Polygala cymosa - Rhynchospora</i> spp. Woodland (CEGL004556)$$.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.35650.CEGL007556
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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