Name:
Pinus taeda - Liquidambar styraciflua Ruderal Flooded & Swamp Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
These forests are successional or ruderal and occur in wetlands and temporarily flooded riparian or floodplain areas. They are mixed needle-leaved evergreen and broad-leaved deciduous forests and are dominated or codominated by trees such as <i>Acer rubrum, Liriodendron tulipifera, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus nigra, Pinus elliottii var. elliottii, Pinus taeda</i>, and less commonly <i>Pinus palustris</i>. Many other broad-leaved deciduous trees may be present. A shrub midstory is typical especially at sites which have not had recent wildland fire. Both broad-leaved deciduous shrubs and broad-leaved evergreen shrubs are common. In general there are more native broad-leaved evergreen shrubs further south and closer to the coast. <i>Morella cerifera</i> is a very common nitrogen-fixing shrub. Herbaceous species are sparse, but can include the ferns <i>Asplenium platyneuron, Botrychium virginianum, Ophioglossum vulgatum, Osmunda cinnamomea, Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis, Polystichum acrostichoides, Woodwardia areolata</i>, and <i>Woodwardia virginica</i>. Graminoids and forbs may also be present and are more abundant in canopy gaps or following disturbance such as windthrow, logging or wildland fire. Understory exotic plants (of various growth forms) such as <i>Ligustrum sinense, Lonicera japonica, Lygodium japonicum</i>, and <i>Microstegium vimineum</i> commonly occur in forests of this alliance. This alliance includes forests that occur in floodplains and nonriverine flats in the Piedmont and Southeastern Coastal Plain. This vegetation follows major disturbances such as blowdowns, logging, hydrological alteration, infrequent fire and agriculture.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38632-{8B89E025-DFA7-40DE-BE98-E9833003C036}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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