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Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica Ozark-Interior Seepage Forest Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica Ozark-Interior Seepage Forest Alliance Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: Vegetation of this alliance is found in forested acidic seeps and saturated swamp forests of the Ozark-Ouachita and Interior Low Plateau regions of the unglaciated southeastern and central United States. Forests in this alliance have variable canopy composition, but <i>Acer rubrum</i> and <i>Nyssa sylvatica</i> are common components. Canopy composition differs from the surrounding upland and varies with geography. Typical canopy species across the range of this alliance include <i>Acer rubrum var. trilobum, Liquidambar styraciflua</i>, and <i>Nyssa sylvatica</i>. Understory and shrub species include <i>Alnus serrulata, Ilex opaca var. opaca, Rhododendron canescens</i>, and <i>Viburnum nudum var. nudum</i>. Characteristic herbaceous species include <i>Osmunda cinnamomea, Osmunda regalis</i>, and <i>Woodwardia areolata</i>. In addition, <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. are typical. These wetland forests generally occur where the soils are saturated to the surface for extended periods during the growing season, but where surface water is seldom present. These forested acidic seeps are found on hillsides, streamheads, floodplain edges, poorly drained depressions, and gentle slopes where saturated conditions influence the vegetation. Where the tree canopy is open, the understory vegetation is patchy, ranging from shrub-dominated patches to minerotrophic sedge meadows.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38646-{51A1F7F5-018C-469A-8C55-2339913FC102} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 08-Jan-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica - Liquidambar styraciflua Seepage Forest Group This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Acer rubrum - Fraxinus pennsylvanica / Carex spp. / Climacium americanum Seepage Forest   Acer rubrum var. trilobum - Liquidambar styraciflua - Magnolia tripetala / Osmunda regalis - (Cypripedium kentuckiense) Seep Forest   Acer rubrum var. trilobum - Nyssa sylvatica / Rhexia mariana var. interior Seep Forest   Acer rubrum var. trilobum - Nyssa sylvatica / Rhododendron canescens - Viburnum nudum var. nudum / Woodwardia areolata Seep Forest		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899483 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A3359   Translated: Red Maple - Blackgum Ozark-Interior Seepage Forest Alliance   Common: Ozark-Interior Red Maple - Blackgum Seepage Forest   Scientific: Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica Ozark-Interior Seepage Forest Alliance