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Pinus serotina / Ilex glabra / Woodwardia virginica Swamp Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus serotina / Ilex glabra / Woodwardia virginica Swamp Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This pond pine woodland occurs on the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North Carolina and Virginia. <i>Pinus serotina</i> is dominant or codominant with <i>Acer rubrum</i> in the canopy stratum. <i>Acer rubrum</i> and <i>Magnolia virginiana</i> are typically the most important subcanopy trees. Shrub densities are variable, from more than 80% cover to less than 50%. While not always dominant, <i>Ilex glabra</i> is a common and characteristic shrub in this type. Other common shrubs include <i>Lyonia lucida, Clethra alnifolia, Smilax laurifolia, Eubotrys racemosa, Gaylussacia frondosa, Vaccinium formosum, Persea palustris, Morella cerifera</i>, and <i>Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora</i>. Herbaceous diversity is very low, but <i>Woodwardia virginica</i> and <i>Osmunda cinnamomea</i> can be locally common. Other herbaceous plants include <i>Woodwardia areolata, Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis</i>, and <i>Listera australis</i>. Mosses, including <i>Sphagnum</i> spp., are often abundant in the saturated hummock-and-hollow microtopography. This community is variable in physiognomy, depending on fire frequency. Originally, most occurrences would have manifested themselves at most times as woodlands, with an open canopy structure. Many occurrences currently have denser canopy, up to and including a closed canopy structure. This type is closely related to the ~<i>Pinus serotina / Cyrilla racemiflora - Lyonia lucida - Ilex glabra</i> Swamp Woodland (CEGL003670)$$, which occurs farther south and has additional species, particularly <i>Cyrilla racemiflora</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33435-{34A883BE-5427-457B-8F29-FF7EA44DA757}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 20
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Jan-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683768 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004652
  Translated: Pond Pine / Inkberry / Virginia Chainfern Swamp Woodland
  Common: Pond Pine Woodland (Northern Type)
  Scientific: Pinus serotina / Ilex glabra / Woodwardia virginica Swamp Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL004652
(similar) Pinus serotina / Ilex glabra / Woodwardia virginica Woodland
(similar) Pinus serotina / Ilex glabra / Woodwardia virginica Woodland