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Nyssa aquatica Tidal Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Nyssa aquatica Tidal Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: Tidal swamp forests of the East Gulf Coastal Plain and probably the Florida Peninsula and South Atlantic Coastal Plain ecoregions. Examples of this association are dominated by <i>Nyssa aquatica</i> and are influenced by tidal and seasonal alluvial flooding. The habitat stays saturated to flooded throughout the year. Characteristic canopy trees are <i>Nyssa aquatica, Taxodium distichum, Acer rubrum var. trilobum, Fraxinus profunda</i>, and to a lesser extent <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> and <i>Nyssa biflora</i>. Subcanopy trees include the same species as mentioned for the canopy, along with <i>Fraxinus caroliniana</i>. Common shrubs include <i>Itea virginica, Sabal minor, Ilex verticillata, Fraxinus caroliniana</i>, and <i>Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis</i>. Herbaceous species include <i>Phanopyrum gymnocarpon, Crinum americanum, Peltandra virginica, Saururus cernuus, Justicia ovata, Hydrocotyle</i> spp., <i>Dulichium arundinaceum, Orontium aquaticum, Onoclea sensibilis</i>, and <i>Leersia lenticularis</i>. Woody vines include <i>Smilax walteri, Smilax laurifolia, Berchemia scandens, Gelsemium rankinii</i>, and <i>Clematis virginiana</i>. Epiphytes include <i>Tillandsia usneoides</i>, along with <i>Tillandsia recurvata</i> and <i>Tillandsia bartramii</i> in examples of Tidal Water Tupelo Swamp Forest in the Florida Peninsula and southeastern Georgia.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36613-{D495101D-38DD-4AFB-A1A1-9EA6357C0F26} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 09-Oct-2001 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Taxodium distichum - Nyssa biflora Tidal Swamp Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683672 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL008561   Translated: Water Tupelo Tidal Forest   Common: Northern Gulf Tidal Water Tupelo Swamp Forest   Scientific: Nyssa aquatica Tidal Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Nyssa aquatica Tidal Forest (similar) CEGL008561 (similar) Nyssa aquatica Tidal Forest