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Taxodium ascendens / Ilex spp. Basin Swamp Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Taxodium ascendens / Ilex spp. Basin Swamp Group
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This group consists of forested depression wetlands, typically dominated by <i>Taxodium ascendens</i>, with a characteristic and unique dome-shaped appearance in which trees in the center are generally taller than those around the sides. Examples are known from the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida extending into southern Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Examples occupy poorly drained, isolated depressions which are usually within a pine flatwoods landscape. The oldest and largest individual trees typically occupy the center of these domed wetlands, with smaller and younger individuals around the margins. Many Carolina bays have uniformly flat basins such that canopy trees do not have a domed aspect. Some examples are essentially permanently flooded, while others support water levels that vary substantially from year to year and over longer climatic cycles. Vegetation includes a series of primarily herbaceous and woodland associations. The wettest sites have open water and floating-leaved aquatic vegetation, or marsh vegetation of tall graminoids (primarily sedges). Drier sites often have an open canopy of <i>Taxodium ascendens</i>, with evergreen shrubs and often a dense, often fairly species-rich herbaceous layer beneath. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39763-{0118BAB3-564A-45C2-970D-6449D3D66914}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 07-Oct-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.833243 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: G036
  Scientific: Taxodium ascendens / Ilex spp. Basin Swamp Group