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Nyssa biflora / Cephalanthus occidentalis - Leucothoe racemosa Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Nyssa biflora / Cephalanthus occidentalis - Leucothoe racemosa Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This vegetation occurs in seasonally flooded upland pools in the lower Piedmont of North Carolina. Vegetation is zoned with an outer ring of trees, a more interior ring of shrubs, herbs and vines, and a central area with or without standing water year round depending on precipitation. Tree species include <i>Nyssa biflora, Acer rubrum var. rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica, Liquidambar styraciflua</i>, and <i>Quercus nigra</i>. The shrub zone is dominated by <i>Cephalanthus occidentalis, Leucothoe racemosa</i>, and <i>Viburnum nudum var. nudum</i>, with <i>Alnus serrulata, Ilex verticillata, Itea virginica</i>, and others. Herbaceous dominants include <i>Smilax laurifolia, Juncus repens, Carex crinita</i>, and <i>Panicum virgatum var. virgatum</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35817.CEGL004550
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: Piedmont Swamp Tupelo Upland Depression Forest
  Translated: Swamp Tupelo / Common Buttonbush - Swamp Doghobble Forest
  Scientific: Nyssa biflora / Cephalanthus occidentalis - Leucothoe racemosa Forest
  Code: CEGL004550
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686514 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo