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Nyssa biflora / Cephalanthus occidentalis - Lyonia lucida Sagpond Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Nyssa biflora / Cephalanthus occidentalis - Lyonia lucida Sagpond Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This vegetation occurs in seasonally flooded upland ponds in the Ridge and Valley and adjacent Cumberland Plateau of Alabama and Georgia (and possibly Tennessee). Vegetation is zoned with an outer ring of trees, a series of interior zones 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</i> (which is most abundant and diagnostic), <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>, and <i>Acer rubrum var. rubrum</i> (which are present but not diagnostic). There are two shrub zones, one dominated by <i>Cephalanthus occidentalis</i> and another slightly higher one dominated by <i>Lyonia lucida</i>. The greenbrier <i>Smilax laurifolia</i> is also present. Herbaceous dominants include <i>Woodwardia virginica</i> and <i>Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis</i> in a fern zone, with <i>Carex glaucescens, Dulichium arundinaceum</i>, and <i>Panicum virgatum</i> in a grass-sedge zone. A deeper open-water zone contains <i>Torreyochloa pallida, Potamogeton pulcher</i>, and <i>Utricularia gibba</i>. Many plants found in this habitat are otherwise restricted to the Coastal Plain, at least in Georgia.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32961-{A0499B74-0B0F-4C4E-A454-B50914BCEA32} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 23-May-2005 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Nyssa biflora Interior Pond Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.783931 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL004116   Translated: Swamp Tupelo / Common Buttonbush - Shining Fetterbush Sagpond Forest   Common: Swamp Tupelo Sagpond Forest   Scientific: Nyssa biflora / Cephalanthus occidentalis - Lyonia lucida Sagpond Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Nyssa biflora / Cephalanthus occidentalis - Lyonia lucida Sagpond Forest