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Betula nigra - Quercus laurifolia - Taxodium (distichum, ascendens) / Crataegus aestivalis Riparian Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Betula nigra - Quercus laurifolia - Taxodium (distichum, ascendens) / Crataegus aestivalis Riparian Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association is found in southern North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia in the Outer Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States. It occurs on relatively young deposits of sand along blackwater rivers, generally on point bars, but sometimes as a poorly developed natural levee along other portions of the river. These substrates are older and more stable than those of the open sand bar communities but younger than those of other floodplain communities. Vegetation is of varying structure, ranging from forest to woodland, often with leaning trees and no clearly defined strata. The canopy is generally dominated by <i>Betula nigra, Taxodium</i> sp., and various bottomland oaks. <i>Crataegus aestivalis, Fraxinus caroliniana</i>, and in more southerly areas, <i>Planera aquatica</i> are often present. Shrubs are generally sparse, but patches of <i>Cyrilla racemiflora, Alnus serrulata, Vaccinium elliottii</i>, or other species of riverbanks or bottomland hardwoods may be present. Herbs are generally sparse. They most typically include species of open bars, such as <i>Panicum rigidulum</i>, and may also include species of swamps, such as <i>Polygonum</i> spp. and <i>Hymenocallis</i> spp.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33115-{70262831-A36C-4E3F-8850-3E64B7882DD8} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 5
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 28-Jun-2018 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus laurifolia - Quercus phellos - Pinus taeda Coastal Plain Riparian Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.820682 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL004282   Translated: River Birch - Laurel Oak - (Bald-cypress, Pond-cypress) / May Hawthorn Riparian Forest   Common: Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Levee/Bar Forest   Scientific: Betula nigra - Quercus laurifolia - Taxodium (distichum, ascendens) / Crataegus aestivalis Riparian Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Betula nigra - Quercus laurifolia - Taxodium (distichum, ascendens) / Crataegus aestivalis Forest