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Nyssa biflora - Nyssa aquatica Floodplain Forest Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Nyssa biflora - Nyssa aquatica Floodplain Forest Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance includes both blackwater and brownwater floodplain forests dominated by some combination of <i>Nyssa aquatica, Nyssa biflora</i>, or <i>Nyssa ogeche</i> without a substantial <i>Taxodium distichum</i> component. This vegetation occurs in seasonally flooded floodplains, sloughs, and backswamps. Some other characteristic canopy species include <i>Acer rubrum var. rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus lyrata</i>, and <i>Ulmus americana</i>. The canopy layer in these forests often is dense, but strata below are sparse to very sparse. Common understory species include <i>Fraxinus caroliniana, Itea virginica</i>, and <i>Ditrysinia fruticosa</i>. Common herbaceous species of forests in this alliance include <i>Carex bromoides, Carex gigantea, Leersia lenticularis, Phanopyrum gymnocarpon, Pleopeltis polypodioides, Pluchea</i> sp., <i>Proserpinaca pectinata</i>, and <i>Rhynchospora corniculata</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38047-{85DCE251-42DB-4E3D-A4DA-197E0DC09C59}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 08-Jan-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.898981 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A0323
  Translated: Swamp Tupelo - Water Tupelo Floodplain Forest Alliance
  Common: Coastal Plain Tupelo Floodplain Forest
  Scientific: Nyssa biflora - Nyssa aquatica Floodplain Forest Alliance