Name:
Sabal palmetto - Quercus virginiana - Magnolia virginiana Swamp Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
The vegetation of this alliance is characterized by mixed hardwood species, often with hydric oak species. These forests have a moderately diverse canopy, usually composed of <i>Liquidambar styraciflua, Magnolia virginiana, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus virginiana, Sabal palmetto, Ulmus americana</i>, and sometimes also <i>Acer rubrum, Celtis laevigata, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Pinus taeda, Quercus nigra</i>, and other trees. This alliance occupies flat lowlands along the southern and outermost portions of the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States, often over limestone substrates. In Florida, examples of this alliance are often found adjacent to the floodplain of spring-fed rivers with relatively constant flows. In some areas, such as the Big Bend region of Florida, they occupy large areas of broad, shallow, mucky or seepy wetlands but generally do not receive overbank flooding. In Alabama, this alliance is apparently confined to floodplains of the Mobile-Tensaw, where examples are topographically higher than the surrounding floodplains.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38637-{129C6693-424D-43D7-9829-723B29CB3F4B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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