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Acer rubrum / Rhododendron viscosum - Clethra alnifolia Swamp Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Acer rubrum / Rhododendron viscosum - Clethra alnifolia Swamp Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This red maple swamp occurs in poorly drained depressions containing acidic, tannic water without substantial nutrient input from overland flow. The core of distribution is the North Atlantic Coast and adjacent Lower New England / Northern Piedmont ecoregions. Soils are organic and hummock-hollow microtopography is evident. <i>Acer rubrum</i> dominates the canopy often with abundant <i>Nyssa sylvatica</i>. The subcanopy varies from sparse to fairly well-developed and may feature <i>Ulmus americana</i> or occasionally <i>Quercus bicolor</i>, along with additional <i>Acer rubrum</i>. The shrub layer is characterized by <i>Vaccinium corymbosum, Clethra alnifolia, Ilex verticillata, Rhododendron viscosum, Leucothoe racemosa</i>, and on the Atlantic Coastal Plain <i>Ilex glabra</i> may also be present. The herbaceous layer is not particularly diverse, characterized by <i>Osmunda cinnamomea, Symplocarpus foetidus, Carex intumescens, Osmunda regalis, Arisaema triphyllum</i>, and <i>Onoclea sensibilis</i>. <i>Sphagnum</i> mosses make up the bryophyte layer. This community is differentiated from <i>~Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica - Betula alleghaniensis / Sphagnum</i> spp. Swamp Forest (CEGL006014)$$ by the absence or infrequent occurrence of <i>Tsuga canadensis, Betula alleghaniensis, Nemopanthus mucronatus, Carex trisperma, Clintonia borealis</i>, and by the presence of species with more southern affinities such as <i>Clethra alnifolia, Ilex glabra</i>, and <i>Rhododendron viscosum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34804-{CE1642D0-F187-46E4-9D74-C2D20E05ABF2}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 4
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 08-Dec-2005 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689957 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006156
  Translated: Red Maple / Swamp Azalea - Coastal Sweet-pepperbush Swamp Forest
  Common: Lower New England Red Maple Swamp Forest
  Scientific: Acer rubrum / Rhododendron viscosum - Clethra alnifolia Swamp Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL006156
(similar) Acer rubrum / Rhododendron viscosum - Clethra alnifolia Forest
(similar) Acer rubrum / Rhododendron viscosum - Clethra alnifolia Forest