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CEGL003734 Taxodium ascendens / Cyrilla racemiflora - Zenobia pulverulenta Swamp Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Pond-cypress / Swamp Titi - Honeycup Swamp Woodland
Colloquial Name: Coastal Plain Small Depression Swamp (Pocosin Shrub Type)
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association includes clay-based Carolina bays and other seasonally flooded depressions in the Middle and Inner Coastal Plain of North Carolina and South Carolina, dominated by an open to closed canopy of Taxodium ascendens (or sometimes Nyssa biflora), with a dense shrub layer of Cyrilla racemiflora, Zenobia pulverulenta (white form), Lyonia lucida, Vaccinium fuscatum, Vaccinium formosum, and Ilex amelanchier.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Stands are dominated by an open to closed canopy of Taxodium ascendens (or sometimes Nyssa biflora), with a dense shrub layer of Cyrilla racemiflora, Zenobia pulverulenta (white form), Lyonia lucida, Vaccinium fuscatum, Vaccinium formosum, and Ilex amelanchier.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This community type is restricted to small, clay-based Carolina bays in the Middle and Inner Coastal Plain of North Carolina and South Carolina.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NC, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684162
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2
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.1 Pond-cypress - Slash Pine Swamp Macrogroup | M161 | 1.B.3.Nb.1 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nb.1.a Pond-cypress / Holly species Basin Swamp Group | G036 | 1.B.3.Nb.1.a |
| Alliance | A3340 Pond-cypress / Swamp Titi Swamp Forest Alliance | A3340 | 1.B.3.Nb.1.a |
| Association | CEGL003734 Pond-cypress / Swamp Titi - Honeycup Swamp Woodland | CEGL003734 | 1.B.3.Nb.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- 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.
- Schafale, M. P. 2012. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina, 4th Approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh.
- Schafale, M. P., and A. S. Weakley. 1990. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina. Third approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh. 325 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.