Environmental Description:  These forests occur in seepage areas in pine-dominated uplands of the East Gulf Coastal Plain. These are typically located along small streams, where the effects of the saturated hydrology determine the composition of the vegetation. These areas may occasionally experience temporary flooding, but the hydrology is primarily saturated. At Fort Benning (Georgia/Alabama), these saturated forests are also found in longleaf pine matrix woodland situations. It appears to be most common in areas that are more mesic than those seen in sandhill situations (for example along larger streams and creeks). This is in contrast to ~Nyssa biflora - Acer rubrum var. trilobum - Liriodendron tulipifera / Ilex coriacea - Lyonia lucida Swamp Forest (CEGL004645)$$, which is a saturated forest type that is typically found in the longleaf pine matrix in sandhill situations as small, narrow patches along small intermittent streams, and ~Nyssa biflora - (Acer rubrum) / Ilex opaca / Leucothoe axillaris / Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea Swamp Forest (CEGL004427)$$, which is a saturated forest type that occurs in floodplain flats and along floodplain edges. This latter type is not saturated as a result of stream or river flooding, but rather due to seepage from adjacent sloping areas. This association may occur in these situations due to a difference in soil structure such as a subsurface clay layer that could lead to the saturated soil surface.