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Acer rubrum var. trilobum - (Nyssa biflora) / Clethra alnifolia - (Persea palustris) Ruderal Wet Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Acer rubrum var. trilobum - (Nyssa biflora) / Clethra alnifolia - (Persea palustris) Ruderal Wet Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: Forests of this association are often dominated by <i>Acer rubrum var. trilobum</i> or <i>Acer rubrum var. rubrum</i> but may be codominated by <i>Nyssa biflora</i>. Other canopy components may include <i>Pinus serotina, Pinus taeda</i>, and <i>Chamaecyparis thyoides</i> on organic soils. The understory is dominated by pocosin shrubs, including <i>Clethra alnifolia, Lyonia lucida, Ilex glabra, Ilex coriacea</i>, and <i>Persea palustris</i> which may form a continuous layer in some occurrences. A tangle of vines, including <i>Smilax rotundifolia, Smilax laurifolia, Toxicodendron radicans, Decumaria barbara, Parthenocissus quinquefolia</i>, and <i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>, are often present. This community occurs on extensive peat flats in the "tidewater" Coastal Plain of North Carolina and Virginia. In Maryland, this community type is known from saturated peatlands associated with headwater basin swamps and an ancient oxbow swamp on the Maryland Coastal Plain. It is apparently the result of logging of <i>Chamaecyparis thyoides</i> (and other peatland) forests, followed by fire suppression.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35673-{8B85717A-EE1D-459C-8B0D-F98F723AF046} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 5
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 04-Jan-2013 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Acer rubrum - Liriodendron tulipifera Ruderal Flooded & Swamp Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683613 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL007445   Translated: Carolina Red Maple - (Swamp Tupelo) / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush - (Swamp Bay) Ruderal Wet Forest   Common: Ruderal Carolina Red Maple - Swamp Tupelo / Swamp Bay Wet Forest   Scientific: Acer rubrum var. trilobum - (Nyssa biflora) / Clethra alnifolia - (Persea palustris) Ruderal Wet Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL007445 (similar) Acer rubrum var. trilobum - (Nyssa biflora) / Clethra alnifolia - (Persea palustris) Forest