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Taxodium ascendens / Carex striata - Iris tridentata - (Woodwardia virginica) Swamp Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Taxodium ascendens / Carex striata - Iris tridentata - (Woodwardia virginica) Swamp Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This pond-cypress depression association is found in coastal South Carolina and possibly in coastal Georgia and North Carolina. <i>Taxodium ascendens</i> dominates this primarily open-canopy wetland depression that may occur as a savanna or meadow with few trees. The herbaceous layer is typically overrun by mats of rhizomatous <i>Carex striata</i>. Zones of <i>Woodwardia virginica</i> (or occasionally <i>Panicum hemitomon</i>) are found in larger depressions. A variety of bay species occur intermixed among the <i>Carex striata</i>, with <i>Iris tridentata, Paspalum praecox, Eriocaulon compressum, Rhexia aristosa, Lobelia boykinii, Xyris</i> spp., and <i>Rhynchospora</i> spp. being most common. In the outer edges or drawdown zones, <i>Sarracenia flava</i> may be in abundance. This association is highly variable in composition depending upon the fire frequency, recent rainfall, and anthropogenic alterations to hydrology. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32933-{04B46449-1EF7-4C29-8F54-6CDF25A6E46F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 31
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 20-Apr-2004 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.732800 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004087
  Translated: Pond-cypress / Walter's Sedge - Savanna Iris - (Virginia Chainfern) Swamp Woodland
  Common: Atlantic Coastal Plain Pond-cypress Depression (Peatland Sedge Type)
  Scientific: Taxodium ascendens / Carex striata - Iris tridentata - (Woodwardia virginica) Swamp Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Taxodium ascendens / Carex striata - Iris tridentata - (Woodwardia virginica) Depression Woodland
(similar) Taxodium ascendens / Carex striata - Iris tridentata - (Woodwardia virginica) Depression Woodland