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CEGL007392 Nyssa ogeche - (Nyssa biflora, Taxodium ascendens) Floodplain Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Ogeechee Tupelo - (Swamp Tupelo, Pond-cypress) Floodplain Forest
Colloquial Name: Blackwater Ogeechee Tupelo Floodplain Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association occurs along blackwater streams in the South Atlantic and East Gulf coastal plains. Nyssa ogeche is dominant, often admixed with Nyssa biflora and/or Taxodium ascendens. Acer rubrum var. trilobum is often also present, and Quercus laurifolia and Liquidambar styraciflua may also occur. Cyrilla racemiflora may occur as a subcanopy tree.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This forest type occurs along the St. Mary''s River, Florida.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Nyssa ogeche is dominant, often admixed with Nyssa biflora and/or Taxodium ascendens. Acer rubrum var. trilobum is often also present, and Quercus laurifolia and Liquidambar styraciflua may also occur. Cyrilla racemiflora may occur as a subcanopy tree. A stand from the Apalachicola National Forest tentatively assigned here (from the Ochlockonee River) contains Nyssa ogeche, Nyssa biflora, Betula nigra, and Taxodium distichum in the canopy; Fraxinus caroliniana, Nyssa ogeche, Planera aquatica, and Crataegus phaenopyrum in the subcanopy; Cornus foemina, Eubotrys racemosa (= Leucothoe racemosa), and Sabal minor as shrubs; and the woody vines Campsis radicans and Smilax walteri. The epiphyte Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana (= Polypodium polypodioides var. michauxianum) is also present (NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern U.S. unpubl. data). This river is not strictly a blackwater river, being described as "sand-bottomed" (Nordlie 1990).
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association occurs along blackwater streams.
Geographic Range: This association occurs in the South Atlantic and East Gulf coastal plains of Georgia, Florida, and possibly South Carolina.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: FL, GA, SC?
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683494
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
| Subclass | 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass | S15 | 1.B |
| Formation | 1.B.3 Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest Formation | F026 | 1.B.3 |
| Division | 1.B.3.Nb Southeastern North American Flooded & Swamp Forest Division | D062 | 1.B.3.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.3.Nb.4 Swamp Chestnut Oak - Bald-cypress - Pecan Southern Floodplain Forest Macrogroup | M031 | 1.B.3.Nb.4 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nb.4.c Bald-cypress - Water Tupelo Floodplain Forest Group | G033 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.c |
| Alliance | A0323 Swamp Tupelo - Water Tupelo Floodplain Forest Alliance | A0323 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.c |
| Association | CEGL007392 Ogeechee Tupelo - (Swamp Tupelo, Pond-cypress) Floodplain Forest | CEGL007392 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
- NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern United States. No date. Unpublished data. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Nelson, J. B. 1986. The natural communities of South Carolina: Initial classification and description. South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Columbia, SC. 55 pp.
- Nordlie, F. G. 1990. Rivers and springs. Pages 392-425 in: R. L. Myers and J. J. Ewel, editors. Ecosystems of Florida. University of Central Florida Press, Orlando.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.