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Magnolia virginiana - Persea palustris - Pinus serotina Swamp Forest Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Magnolia virginiana - Persea palustris - Pinus serotina Swamp Forest Macrogroup Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This macrogroup is found in the Southeastern Coastal Plain from southeastern Virginia to eastern Texas. It occurs on poorly drained, organic soil flats and seepage-fed wetlands in dissected coastal plain landscapes. It may also occur in poorly developed upland drainages and small headwater streambottoms, as well as on toeslopes. These areas are saturated by rainfall and seasonally high water tables without influence of river or tidal flooding. The vegetation is characterized by an overstory that generally includes some combination of <i>Acer rubrum, Liriodendron tulipifera, Magnolia virginiana, Nyssa sylvatica, Nyssa biflora, Persea palustris</i>, and <i>Pinus serotina</i>, although there is some variation according to latitude. Some associations may contain <i>Chamaecyparis thyoides</i>, but this species is not diagnostic of this macrogroup. Understory vegetation throughout the region consistently supports the vine <i>Smilax laurifolia</i>, and there may be ferns such as <i>Osmunda cinnamomea, Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis, Woodwardia areolata</i>, and <i>Woodwardia virginica</i>. Soils may be wet sands or mixtures of organic (peaty) and mineral soils, which are often extremely nutrient-poor. When these communities are associated with streams, they tend to be low-gradient, with narrow, often braided channels and diffuse drainage patterns.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40457-{5F8E16A2-4D01-4007-838D-BEEFCD2E3A17} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 15-Oct-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Taxodium distichum - Nyssa biflora - Quercus lyrata Flooded & Swamp Forest Division This Community's Level: Macrogroup This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Magnolia virginiana - Gordonia lasianthus - Pinus serotina Swamp Forest Group		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.838784 NatureServe Explorer   Code: M032   Scientific: Magnolia virginiana - Persea palustris - Pinus serotina Swamp Forest Macrogroup