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Ilex coriacea - Lyonia lucida - Smilax laurifolia Wet Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Ilex coriacea - Lyonia lucida - Smilax laurifolia Wet Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association includes saturated shrub thickets of the East Gulf and South Atlantic coastal plains, occurring on seepage slopes and in poorly drained flats and depressions. Characteristic species are <i>Ilex coriacea, Lyonia lucida, Smilax laurifolia, Clethra alnifolia</i>, and <i>Aronia arbutifolia</i>. In Louisiana, this includes overgrown savannas. In an example from a seepage slope on Fort Gordon, Georgia, the dominant shrubs are <i>Lyonia lucida</i> and <i>Lyonia ligustrina</i>. Other shrubs and woody plants include <i>Ilex glabra, Morella caroliniensis, Rhododendron</i> sp., <i>Liquidambar styraciflua, Alnus serrulata, Rhus copallinum, Acer rubrum, Morella cerifera, Vaccinium tenellum, Gaylussacia frondosa, Gaylussacia dumosa</i>, and <i>Gordonia lasianthus</i>. Herb layer dominants are <i>Osmunda cinnamomea</i> and <i>Chasmanthium laxum</i>?. Other herbs present include <i>Xyris</i> sp., <i>Eupatorium rotundifolium, Rhexia</i> sp., <i>Pteridium aquilinum, Agalinis</i> sp., <i>Rubus</i> sp., <i>Polygala lutea, Andropogon gyrans, Panicum</i> sp., and <i>Cuscuta</i> sp. A prominent vine is <i>Smilax laurifolia</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33448-{A93728F1-94CC-4B33-A0FA-C6B105C849F6}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687317 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004666
  Translated: Large Gallberry - Shining Fetterbush - Laurel Greenbrier Wet Shrubland
  Scientific: Ilex coriacea - Lyonia lucida - Smilax laurifolia Wet Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL004666
(similar) Ilex coriacea - Lyonia lucida - Smilax laurifolia Shrubland
(similar) Ilex coriacea - Lyonia lucida - Smilax laurifolia Shrubland