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CEGL003943 Cyrilla racemiflora - Zenobia pulverulenta Wet Shrubland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Swamp Titi - Honeycup Wet Shrubland

Colloquial Name: Titi Low Pocosin

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: Stands of this type are mixed evergreen-deciduous low pocosins of peat domes (ombrotrophic blanket bogs) of the Outer Coastal Plain of North Carolina. The shrub height (0.5-2 m) is maintained by extremely poor nutrient status and (secondarily) by occasional fire. This shrubland has very scattered, stunted (less than 5 m tall) Pinus serotina (less than 10% cover). This association includes low pocosins of the Green Swamp TNC Preserve, Holly Shelter, Croatan National Forest, etc. Stands are dominated by Cyrilla racemiflora and Zenobia pulverulenta. Other characteristic species include Ilex coriacea and Lyonia lucida.

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
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: Stands are dominated by Cyrilla racemiflora and Zenobia pulverulenta. Other characteristic species include Ilex coriacea and Lyonia lucida.

Dynamics:  The shrub height (0.5-2 m) of these mixed evergreen-deciduous low pocosins is maintained by extremely poor nutrient status and (secondarily) by occasional fire.
Environmental Description:  This association is characteristic of peat domes (ombrotrophic blanket bogs) in the Outer Coastal Plain of North Carolina. This includes the low pocosins of the Green Swamp TNC Preserve, Holly Shelter, Croatan National Forest, etc.
Geographic Range: This mixed evergreen-deciduous low pocosin type is restricted to peat domes (ombrotrophic blanket bogs) of the Outer Coastal Plain of North Carolina and possibly South Carolina.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  NC, SC?


Confidence Level: Moderate

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3

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 A1054 Honeycup - Shining Fetterbush Shrub Pocosin Alliance A1054 2.C.2.Nb.1.a
Association CEGL003943 Swamp Titi - Honeycup Wet Shrubland CEGL003943 2.C.2.Nb.1.a
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < IIC1a. Low Pocosin (Allard 1990)
Concept Author(s): A.S. Weakley, M.P. Schafale and B. van Eerden

Author of Description: A.S. Weakley, M.P. Schafale and B. van Eerden

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 09-01-94
  • Allard, D. J. 1990. Southeastern United States ecological community classification. Interim report, Version 1.2. The Nature Conservancy, Southeast Regional Office, Chapel Hill, NC. 96 pp.
  • 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.