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Taxodium distichum - Nyssa biflora - Fraxinus profunda / Peltandra virginica - (Bignonia capreolata) Tidal Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Taxodium distichum - Nyssa biflora - Fraxinus profunda / Peltandra virginica - (Bignonia capreolata) Tidal Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This tidal forest borders mid to upper portions of the Pocomoke River in Maryland, and the Pamunkey, Chickahominy, and Piankatank rivers in Virginia. Habitats are predominately freshwater (&lt;0.5 ppt) and subject to periodic inundation by diurnal or irregular lunar tides. Stands are typically positioned on low floodplains forming a corridor between fringing tidal marshes and upland habitats. These tidal forests are structurally diverse and best characterized by moderately dense (60-80% cover) to dense (80-100% cover) overstory canopies composed of <i>Taxodium distichum</i> and <i>Nyssa biflora</i>. <i>Taxodium distichum</i> is strongly diagnostic of this type, frequently attaining high cover and constancy. The canopy may also include, in variable proportions, species such as <i>Fraxinus profunda, Acer rubrum</i>, and occasional individuals of <i>Liquidambar styraciflua, Pinus taeda</i>, and <i>Chamaecyparis thyoides</i>. <i>Magnolia virginiana</i> and <i>Carpinus caroliniana</i> are frequent in the understory as trees or tall shrubs. Shrub and herb diversity is exceptionally high within this community and similar in composition and structure to <i>Fraxinus</i> spp.-dominated tidal wetland types. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35279-{80D0AF69-52CF-493A-9C22-874EDF5153A0}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 7
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 02-Dec-2011 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.867532 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006850
  Translated: Bald-cypress - Swamp Tupelo - Pumpkin Ash / Green Arrow-arum - (Crossvine) Tidal Forest
  Common: Chesapeake Bay Tidal Bald-cypress - Swamp Tupelo Swamp Forest
  Scientific: Taxodium distichum - Nyssa biflora - Fraxinus profunda / Peltandra virginica - (Bignonia capreolata) Tidal Forest
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(similar) Taxodium distichum - Nyssa biflora - Fraxinus profunda / Peltandra virginica - (Bignonia capreolata) Tidal Forest