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Nyssa biflora - Acer rubrum var. trilobum - Liriodendron tulipifera / Magnolia virginiana - Asimina triloba / Clethra alnifolia Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Nyssa biflora - Acer rubrum var. trilobum - Liriodendron tulipifera / Magnolia virginiana - Asimina triloba / Clethra alnifolia Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This nonriverine swamp forest of the mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain has a closed canopy dominated by <i>Nyssa biflora, Acer rubrum var. trilobum</i>, and <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i>, with scattered <i>Taxodium distichum</i> and <i>Chamaecyparis thyoides</i>. Characteristic subcanopy species include <i>Magnolia virginiana, Asimina triloba</i>, and <i>Persea palustris</i>. <i>Clethra alnifolia</i> patchily dominates the shrub stratum. Herbaceous species in this community include <i>Dryopteris intermedia</i> and <i>Dryopteris carthusiana</i>. The species composition suggests a higher nutrient status than other associations in this alliance. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35770.CEGL004428
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:   Translated: Swamp Tupelo - Carolina Red Maple - Tuliptree / Sweetbay - Pawpaw / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush Forest
  Scientific: Nyssa biflora - Acer rubrum var. trilobum - Liriodendron tulipifera / Magnolia virginiana - Asimina triloba / Clethra alnifolia Forest
  Code: CEGL004428
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686497 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo