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Name: Nyssa aquatica Tidal Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: Tidal swamp forests of the East Gulf Coastal Plain and probably the Florida Peninsula and South Atlantic Coastal Plain ecoregions. Examples of this association are dominated by <i>Nyssa aquatica</i> and are influenced by tidal and seasonal alluvial flooding. The habitat stays saturated to flooded throughout the year. Characteristic canopy trees are <i>Nyssa aquatica, Taxodium distichum, Acer rubrum var. trilobum, Fraxinus profunda</i>, and to a lesser extent <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> and <i>Nyssa biflora</i>. Subcanopy trees include the same species as mentioned for the canopy, along with <i>Fraxinus caroliniana</i>. Common shrubs include <i>Itea virginica, Sabal minor, Ilex verticillata, Fraxinus caroliniana</i>, and <i>Sambucus canadensis</i>. Herbaceous species include <i>Phanopyrum gymnocarpon, Crinum americanum, Peltandra virginica, Saururus cernuus, Justicia ovata, Hydrocotyle</i> spp., <i>Dulichium arundinaceum, Orontium aquaticum, Onoclea sensibilis</i>, and <i>Leersia lenticularis</i>. Woody vines include <i>Smilax walteri, Smilax laurifolia, Berchemia scandens, Gelsemium rankinii</i>, and <i>Clematis virginiana</i>. Epiphytes include <i>Tillandsia usneoides</i>, along with <i>Tillandsia recurvata</i> and <i>Tillandsia bartramii</i> in examples of Tidal Water Tupelo Swamp Forest in the Florida Peninsula and southeastern Georgia. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36020.CEGL008561
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
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Names:   Common: Northern Gulf Tidal Water Tupelo Swamp Forest
  Code: CEGL008561
  Translated: Water Tupelo Tidal Forest
  Scientific: Nyssa aquatica Tidal Forest
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