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Cliftonia monophylla / Lyonia lucida - Smilax laurifolia Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Cliftonia monophylla / Lyonia lucida - Smilax laurifolia Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: These are extensive wetlands (up to 300 or more hectares in size) characterized by thickets of nearly pure <i>Cliftonia monophylla</i> that often attain exceptional height for this evergreen shrub (10-15 m tall). A sparse supercanopy of <i>Pinus serotina</i> or <i>Pinus elliottii var. elliottii</i> is sometimes present near the transition to wet flatwoods with a longer hydroperiod than other baygall associations, developed over peat at least 1-2 m deep. The open to dense shrub layer may contain <i>Cliftonia monophylla, Cyrilla racemiflora, Leucothoe racemosa, Morella inodora (= Myrica inodora), Gaylussacia mosieri, Lyonia lucida, Ilex coriacea, Nyssa biflora</i>, and <i>Smilax laurifolia</i>. Herbs are infrequent, occurring in small patches, including <i>Peltandra sagittifolia, Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis, Sarracenia flava, Utricularia subulata, Drosera capillaris, Eriocaulon decangulare, Rhynchospora</i> sp., <i>Balduina uniflora</i>, and <i>Cleistes bifaria</i>. <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. are common. Catastrophic fire may have been a rare type of disturbance in the past. This is a naturally occurring vegetation type, though possibly increased in occurrence by logging and subsequent fire suppression. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36102.CEGL007042
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
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Names:   Common: Buckwheat-tree Baygall Swamp
  Translated: Buckwheat-tree / Shining Fetterbush - Laurel Greenbrier Forest
  Scientific: Cliftonia monophylla / Lyonia lucida - Smilax laurifolia Forest
  Code: CEGL007042
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687102 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo