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Taxodium ascendens / Carex striata Swamp Forest Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Taxodium ascendens / Carex striata Swamp Forest Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: <i>Taxodium ascendens</i> dominates the canopy of this woodland vegetation with <i>Nyssa biflora</i> and <i>Pinus serotina</i> being fairly common. <i>Acer rubrum</i> and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> may reach the canopy. A well-developed shrub layer is not common, but when fire has been infrequent, <i>Clethra alnifolia, Lyonia lucida, Magnolia virginiana, Persea palustris, Smilax laurifolia</i>, and/or <i>Smilax walteri</i> will be found. More commonly <i>Hypericum fasciculatum</i> will occur as a low shrub even under a frequent burn regime. The most common herbaceous plants are <i>Carex striata, Carex turgescens</i>, and various <i>Rhynchospora</i> species. The sedges <i>Carex striata, Rhynchospora cephalantha</i>, and <i>Rhynchospora careyana</i> tend to form a thick mat in the soggy substrate. This woodland vegetation occurs in coastal plain swales, limesinks, depression ponds and cypress stringers. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38628-{08A93884-3408-424B-9BCE-556144BAD2E0}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 08-Jan-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899465 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3341
  Translated: Pond-cypress / Walter's Sedge Swamp Forest Alliance
  Common: Pond-cypress / Walter's Sedge Depression Swamp Forest
  Scientific: Taxodium ascendens / Carex striata Swamp Forest Alliance