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Chamaecyparis thyoides / Persea palustris / Lyonia lucida - Ilex coriacea Swamp Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Chamaecyparis thyoides / Persea palustris / Lyonia lucida - Ilex coriacea Swamp Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This Atlantic white-cedar forest is found in flat, non-alluvial peatlands, on organic soils that are permanently saturated. Its range is the Atlantic Coastal Plain in southern Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, and possibly South Carolina. Typical occurrences have a canopy strongly dominated by <i>Chamaecyparis thyoides</i>, with scattered <i>Acer rubrum, Nyssa biflora</i>, and <i>Persea palustris</i> in the canopy and subcanopy. An open to dense shrub stratum typically contains <i>Persea palustris, Lyonia lucida, Clethra alnifolia, Ilex glabra, Ilex coriacea, Smilax laurifolia, Vaccinium formosum, Vaccinium corymbosum</i> (in Maryland only), <i>Magnolia virginiana</i>, and <i>Gaylussacia frondosa</i>. The herb stratum is generally very sparse but may include <i>Woodwardia areolata, Woodwardia virginica</i>, and <i>Osmunda cinnamomea</i>. <i>Sphagnum</i> spp., other mosses, and lichens are common on exposed peat and rotting wood. Establishment follows fire with a return time of 25-100+ years. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34794-{963BEEC6-3861-4E2F-963C-931C07BB47B4}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 22
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 25-Jun-2012 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688673 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006146
  Translated: Atlantic White-cedar / Swamp Bay / Shining Fetterbush - Large Gallberry Swamp Forest
  Common: Peatland Atlantic White-cedar Swamp Forest
  Scientific: Chamaecyparis thyoides / Persea palustris / Lyonia lucida - Ilex coriacea Swamp Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL006146
(similar) Chamaecyparis thyoides / Persea palustris / Lyonia lucida - Ilex coriacea Forest
(similar) Chamaecyparis thyoides / Persea palustris / Lyonia lucida - Ilex coriacea Forest