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CEGL003847 Cyrilla racemiflora - Cliftonia monophylla Wet Scrub

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Swamp Titi - Buckwheat-tree Wet Scrub

Colloquial Name: Outer Coastal Plain Shrub Titi Wet Scrub

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association of the East Gulf Coastal Plain and adjacent South Atlantic Coastal Plain is dominated by Cyrilla racemiflora and Cliftonia monophylla, along with Lyonia lucida, Ilex coriacea, Clethra alnifolia, Magnolia virginiana, and Aronia arbutifolia. Scattered Pinus elliottii var. elliottii or Pinus serotina can occur but often do not. This shrubland is a common vegetation type in saturated ecotones along creeks within Pinus palustris sandhills and flatwoods and often encroaches into graminoid-dominated communities if fire is excluded.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: This is very generally named and may be renamed after additional information is available. This is a common baygall type described as the flatwoods/black titi variant of baygall (Kindell et al. 1997). Also compare to related woodlands with Pinus elliottii and/or Pinus serotina, such as ~Pinus elliottii / Cliftonia monophylla - Cyrilla racemiflora Swamp Woodland (CEGL003638)$$ and ~Pinus serotina - Pinus elliottii / Cliftonia monophylla - Cyrilla racemiflora Swamp Woodland (CEGL003674)$$. Following a recommendation by FNAI (C. Kindell, A. Johnson), former Cliftonia monophylla - Pinckneya bracteata - Toxicodendron vernix - Illicium floridanum / Sphagnum spp. Shrubland (CEGL003945) has been merged into this type.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: A sparse emergent layer of Taxodium ascendens and Pinus elliottii may be present. The dense shrub layer includes Cliftonia monophylla, Cyrilla racemiflora, Ilex myrtifolia, Nyssa biflora, Lyonia lucida, Cyrilla parvifolia, Hypericum chapmanii, Magnolia virginiana, Aronia arbutifolia, and Pieris phillyreifolia. Other documented species include Carex glaucescens, Eriocaulon compressum, and Eriocaulon decangulare (NatureServe Ecology unpubl. data).

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  This shrubland is a common vegetation type in saturated ecotones along creeks within Pinus palustris sandhills and flatwoods and often encroaches into graminoid-dominated communities if fire is excluded.
Geographic Range: This association occurs in the East Gulf Coastal Plain and adjacent South Atlantic Coastal Plain from Georgia to Mississippi.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  AL, FL, GA, MS


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4

Greasons: No Data Available
Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Class 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class C02 2
Subclass 2.C Shrub & Herb Wetland Subclass S44 2.C
Formation 2.C.2 Temperate to Polar Bog & Fen Formation F016 2.C.2
Division 2.C.2.Nb Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Plain Pocosin Division D324 2.C.2.Nb
Macrogroup 2.C.2.Nb.1 Shining Fetterbush - Inkberry - Swamp Titi Bog & Fen Macrogroup M065 2.C.2.Nb.1
Group 2.C.2.Nb.1.a Shining Fetterbush - Inkberry - Swamp Titi Pocosin & Shrub Bog Group G186 2.C.2.Nb.1.a
Alliance A0802 Swamp Titi - Large Gallberry Wet Shrubland Alliance A0802 2.C.2.Nb.1.a
Association CEGL003847 Swamp Titi - Buckwheat-tree Wet Scrub CEGL003847 2.C.2.Nb.1.a
Concept Lineage: merged

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Baygall Flatwoods, Black Titi variant (Kindell et al. 1997)
< Shrub Bog (Wharton 1978)
Concept Author(s): A.S. Weakley

Author of Description: A.S. Weakley

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 12-15-99
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