Name:
Taxodium ascendens / Panicum hemitomon - Polygala cymosa Swamp Woodland
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This community type occurs in seasonally flooded depressional wetlands, especially in clay-based Carolina bays. The canopy is open (to closed, or scattered) and dominated by <i>Taxodium ascendens</i>. The herbaceous stratum is normally dense, and extremely variable in dominance from site to site, spatially within each site, and from year to year (depending on hydrologic conditions). Typical dominants include <i>Panicum hemitomon, Panicum verrucosum, Panicum rigidulum var. combsii, Leersia hexandra, Rhynchospora filifolia, Rhynchospora perplexa, Rhynchospora careyana, Dichanthelium erectifolium, Dichanthelium wrightianum, Scleria georgiana, Scleria reticularis, Polygala cymosa, Boltonia asteroides, Eriocaulon compressum, Lachnanthes caroliana, Eupatorium leucolepis, Pluchea rosea, Euthamia caroliniana, Rhexia aristosa</i>, and <i>Coelorachis rugosa</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32600-{416477E9-E0B8-4C3D-AEB9-5EFFB4C9CAC6}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
112
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