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Nyssa biflora - (Taxodium distichum) / Clethra alnifolia - Viburnum nudum / Woodwardia areolata Floodplain Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Nyssa biflora - (Taxodium distichum) / Clethra alnifolia - Viburnum nudum / Woodwardia areolata Floodplain Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association includes seasonally flooded forests in acidic Coastal Plain bottomlands of southeastern and east-central Virginia, the Maryland Eastern Shore, and likely Delaware. It occurs along headwater swamps, and occasionally larger river backswamps, in sandy, nutrient-poor portions of the Coastal Plain. Soils are often organic or contain high organic matter content. Forest vegetation is generally dominated by <i>Nyssa biflora</i>, often with associated hardwoods such as <i>Acer rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus nigra</i>, and <i>Magnolia virginiana</i>. Although absent from many stands, <i>Taxodium distichum</i> is occasionally an important overstory associate. The understory is characterized by sparse to often dense cover of acidophilic, ericaceous and non-ericaceous shrubs such as <i>Eubotrys racemosa, Vaccinium formosum, Vaccinium fuscatum, Clethra alnifolia, Viburnum nudum, Itea virginica, Ilex verticillata</i>, and <i>Arundinaria tecta</i>. The herb layer varies from sparse to well-developed, with characteristic species such as <i>Woodwardia areolata, Saururus cernuus</i>, and others.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35370-{8E20668A-889E-422C-B1DE-C56F77A09B1F} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 20
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 15-Dec-2011 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Nyssa biflora - Nyssa aquatica Floodplain Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.868705 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL007054   Translated: Swamp Tupelo - (Bald-cypress) / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush - Possumhaw / Netted Chainfern Floodplain Forest   Common: Central Atlantic Blackwater Floodplain Forest   Scientific: Nyssa biflora - (Taxodium distichum) / Clethra alnifolia - Viburnum nudum / Woodwardia areolata Floodplain Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Nyssa biflora - (Taxodium distichum) / Clethra alnifolia - Viburnum nudum / Woodwardia areolata Forest