Name:
Pinus elliottii - Magnolia virginiana - Taxodium ascendens - Nyssa biflora / Polygala cymosa Swamp Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This bayhead community of the East Gulf Coastal Plain has a closed canopy (or nearly so) of <i>Pinus elliottii var. elliottii, Magnolia virginiana, Taxodium ascendens, Nyssa biflora, Acer rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus laurifolia</i>, and <i>Quercus nigra</i>. Understory trees, shrubs, and vines include <i>Aronia arbutifolia, Arundinaria tecta, Cyrilla racemiflora, Gaylussacia mosieri, Gelsemium rankinii, Hypericum galioides, Ilex coriacea, Ilex glabra, Ilex opaca, Itea virginica, Lyonia lucida, Morella cerifera, Morella caroliniensis, Persea palustris, Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans</i>, and <i>Viburnum nudum var. nudum</i>. Typical herbaceous species include <i>Polygala cymosa, Carex glaucescens, Eriocaulon compressum, Viola x primulifolia, Woodwardia areolata</i>, and <i>Xyris fimbriata</i>. <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. are abundant. This community grades to slightly less wet sites with greater fire frequency, which have a related community, ~<i>Pinus elliottii - Taxodium ascendens / Polygala cymosa - Rhynchospora</i> spp. Woodland (CEGL004556)$$.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35749-{63F700FF-40C2-49FB-9CBB-04440A795FBD}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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