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Liquidambar styraciflua - Acer rubrum / Carex spp. - Sphagnum spp. Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Liquidambar styraciflua - Acer rubrum / Carex spp. - Sphagnum spp. Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association is designed to accommodate a variety of isolated, poorly understood seasonally flooded forests of upland depressions in the Southern Blue Ridge and the adjacent and submontane Piedmont. This includes an example in Cades Cove in the Great Smokies National Park, an example in the Piedmont portion of the Chattahoochee National Forest (Georgia), the Bankhead National Forest (Alabama). Stands assigned to this concept are dominated by some combination of <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> and/or <i>Acer rubrum</i>, possibly with <i>Nyssa sylvatica</i> and/or <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i>. Some shrubs that may be found include <i>Cornus amomum, Cornus foemina</i>, and <i>Alnus serrulata</i>. Some woody vines which are possible components include <i>Berchemia scandens, Decumaria barbara</i>, and <i>Smilax laurifolia</i>. Herbs (which may be abundant to sparse) include <i>Carex intumescens, Carex</i> spp., <i>Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Dichanthelium</i> spp., <i>Leersia</i> spp., <i>Rhynchospora capitellata, Mitchella repens</i>, and <i>Arisaema triphyllum</i>. Some sites may have ground layers dominated by vascular plants (especially graminoids), others dominated by <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. One of the <i>Sphagnum</i> species associated with these forests may be a disjunct Coastal Plain species, <i>Sphagnum cuspidatum (= var. floridanum)</i>. The variable composition of stands assigned here and the lack of understanding of the dynamics of this type (successional trends, disturbance, hydrology) mean that the type is somewhat poorly defined. More information is needed. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35693.CEGL007388
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: Upland Sweetgum - Red Maple Pond
  Translated: Sweetgum - Red Maple / Sedge species - Peatmoss species Forest
  Scientific: Liquidambar styraciflua - Acer rubrum / Carex spp. - Sphagnum spp. Forest
  Code: CEGL007388
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687359 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo