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Cliftonia monophylla / Lyonia lucida - Smilax laurifolia Swamp Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Cliftonia monophylla / Lyonia lucida - Smilax laurifolia Swamp Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: These are extensive wetlands (up to 300 or more hectares in size) characterized by thickets of nearly pure <i>Cliftonia monophylla</i> that often attain exceptional height for this evergreen shrub (10-15 m tall). A sparse supercanopy of <i>Pinus serotina</i> or <i>Pinus elliottii var. elliottii</i> is sometimes present near the transition to wet flatwoods with a longer hydroperiod than other baygall associations, developed over peat at least 1-2 m deep. The open to dense shrub layer may contain <i>Cliftonia monophylla, Cyrilla racemiflora, Eubotrys racemosa, Morella inodora, Gaylussacia mosieri, Lyonia lucida, Ilex coriacea, Nyssa biflora</i>, and <i>Smilax laurifolia</i>. Herbs are infrequent, occurring in small patches, including <i>Peltandra sagittifolia, Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis, Sarracenia flava, Utricularia subulata, Drosera capillaris, Eriocaulon decangulare, Rhynchospora</i> sp., <i>Balduina uniflora</i>, and <i>Cleistes bifaria</i>. <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. are common. Catastrophic fire may have been a rare type of disturbance in the past. This is a naturally occurring vegetation type, though possibly increased in occurrence by logging and subsequent fire suppression. It is found in the outer coastal plains of the southeastern United States from Georgia to Mississippi.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35359-{83B0433E-E64B-468B-B250-02C9C10994F3} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Cliftonia monophylla Baygall Swamp Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687102 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL007042   Translated: Buckwheat-tree / Shining Fetterbush - Laurel Greenbrier Swamp Forest   Common: Buckwheat-tree Baygall Swamp Forest   Scientific: Cliftonia monophylla / Lyonia lucida - Smilax laurifolia Swamp Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Cliftonia monophylla / Lyonia lucida - Smilax laurifolia Forest (similar) Cliftonia monophylla / Lyonia lucida - Smilax laurifolia Forest (similar) CEGL007042