Name:
Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola / Morella cerifera / Kosteletzkya virginica - Bacopa monnieri Tidal Woodland
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This infrequently flooded brackish (oligohaline) woodland occurs along tidal creeks about 25-35 km by river distance from the ocean. This distinctive community was first described from coastal North Carolina, but it is also known from coastal Georgia. It is not documented from South Carolina, but would be expected there. The canopy density is variable, but averages open (from 10-80% closure), and 4-10 m tall, strongly dominated by <i>Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola</i>, with widely scattered emergent <i>Pinus taeda, Acer rubrum var. trilobum, Ulmus americana</i>, and <i>Persea palustris</i>. The shrub layer is open to fairly dense, dominated by <i>Morella cerifera</i>, with less frequent <i>Persea palustris</i> and <i>Baccharis halimifolia</i>. Mucky openings are dominated by <i>Kosteletzkya virginica, Bacopa monnieri, Pluchea rosea, Samolus</i> sp., <i>Eleocharis</i> spp., and <i>Cyperus</i> spp. Other characteristic species include <i>Hydrocotyle</i> sp., <i>Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense, Typha angustifolia, Lythrum lineare, Solidago sempervirens var. mexicana, Toxicodendron radicans, Bolboschoenus robustus</i>, and others. This community occurs in areas of up to 40 hectares, and grades to marshes and uplands.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35458-{E72C8965-8D63-4D83-A3B9-94F673D74B04}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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