Name:
Pinus taeda - Chamaecyparis thyoides - Nyssa biflora / Lyonia lucida - Clethra alnifolia Swamp Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This type includes nonriverine swamps of the Outer Coastal Plain (embayed or tidewater region) of North Carolina, occurring on very large flats with a high water table. Soils are generally organic, such as Typic Medisaprists and Terric Medisaprists. The canopy is dominated by variable mixtures of <i>Pinus taeda, Pinus serotina, Chamaecyparis thyoides, Taxodium distichum, Taxodium ascendens, Nyssa biflora, Acer rubrum var. trilobum</i>, and <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i>. Many examples are dominated by <i>Nyssa biflora</i>, with <i>Taxodium</i> (of ambiguous species) and <i>Pinus taeda</i> as substantial minorities in the best examples. <i>Acer rubrum</i> is common in logged examples. <i>Chamaecyparis thyoides</i> is less common, and <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> and <i>Pinus serotina</i> are present in small numbers in only a few examples. The subcanopy is open to dense and consists of <i>Magnolia virginiana, Persea palustris</i>, and <i>Cyrilla racemiflora</i>. The shrub layer is often well-developed, though not pocosin-like, and characteristically includes <i>Lyonia lucida, Ilex glabra, Clethra alnifolia, Cyrilla racemiflora, Vaccinium formosum</i>, and <i>Vaccinium fuscatum</i>. <i>Smilax laurifolia</i> is a liana climbing into the canopy. The herb layer is poorly developed, with <i>Woodwardia areolata, Woodwardia virginica, Carex</i> spp., and <i>Sphagnum</i> spp.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35750-{E8C8D4D3-AC45-409B-9DEC-1F31F7843DC8}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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