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CEGL004789 Morella cerifera - Toxicodendron radicans / Spartina bakeri Tidal Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Wax-myrtle - Eastern Poison-ivy / Sand Cordgrass Tidal Shrubland
Colloquial Name: South Atlantic Coast Tidal River Shrubland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association occurs on flats adjacent to tidal reaches of rivers in the South Atlantic Coastal Plain. It receives seepage from adjacent uplands, maintaining a saturated condition, and also may receive tidal inundation in very rare storm tide events. Scattered trees of Pinus taeda and Sabal palmetto may be present. Morella cerifera and Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans dominate the dense shrub stratum, and Baccharis angustifolia can be a major component. Spartina bakeri is the dominant herb; other herbs include Juncus roemerianus, Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense, Cynanchum angustifolium, and Ipomoea sagittata. Occurrences can exceed 50 acres in size.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: The hydrology of this type is ambiguous. This association is distinguished from ~Morella cerifera - Rosa palustris / Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens Tidal Shrubland (CEGL004656)$$ by the presence and abundance of many more southern species, such as Spartina bakeri, Baccharis angustifolia, Cynanchum angustifolium, Ipomoea sagittata, Sabal palmetto, and others.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This tidal shrubland is dominated by Morella cerifera and Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans, with other species including Baccharis angustifolia, Spartina bakeri, Juncus roemerianus, Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense, Cynanchum angustifolium, and Ipomoea sagittata. Scattered trees of Pinus taeda and Sabal palmetto may be present. At Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve in northeastern Florida, Baccharis halimifolia also occurs at high cover.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This tidal shrubland occurs on flats adjacent to tidal reaches of rivers in the South Atlantic Coastal Plain, from northern South Carolina south to Florida. It receives seepage from adjacent uplands, maintaining a saturated condition, and also may receive tidal inundation in very rare storm tide events.
Geographic Range: This association occurs on flats adjacent to tidal reaches of rivers in the South Atlantic Coastal Plain from South Carolina to Florida.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: FL, GA, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684151
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3?
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.4 Temperate to Polar Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Formation | F013 | 2.C.4 |
| Division | 2.C.4.Ne Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division | D322 | 2.C.4.Ne |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.4.Ne.1 Annual Wild Rice - Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Pickerelweed Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Macrogroup | M066 | 2.C.4.Ne.1 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Ne.1.b <i>Zizaniopsis milacea - Spartina patens - Panicum hemotimon</i> Freshwater Tidal Marsh Group | G913 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.b |
| Alliance | A4482 <i>Morella cerifera - Rosa palustris</i> South Tidal Freshwater Shrubland Alliance | A4482 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.b |
| Association | CEGL004789 Wax-myrtle - Eastern Poison-ivy / Sand Cordgrass Tidal Shrubland | CEGL004789 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.b |
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.
- McManamay, R. H. 2017a. Vegetation mapping at Cumberland Island National Seashore. Natural Resource Report NPS/SECN/NRR--2017/1511. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 422 pp.
- Peet, R. K., T. R. Wentworth, M. P. Schafale, and A.S. Weakley. No date. Unpublished data of the North Carolina Vegetation Survey. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.