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CEGL007848 Liquidambar styraciflua - Acer rubrum - (Nyssa biflora) / Woodwardia virginica Floodplain Forest
Type Concept Sentence: These forests. dominated by Liquidambar styraciflua and Acer rubrum, sometimes with an admixture of Nyssa biflora, occur in small (less than one acre) depressions scattered in low oak flats in the Outer Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States.
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sweetgum - Red Maple - (Swamp Tupelo) / Virginia Chainfern Floodplain Forest
Colloquial Name: South Atlantic Coastal Nonriverine Swamp Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occurs as small (less than one acre) depressions scattered in low oak flats in the Outer Coastal Plain of southeastern South Carolina, northeastern Florida, and adjacent Georgia. Liquidambar styraciflua and Acer rubrum are the constant dominants, sometimes with an admixture of Nyssa biflora. Scattered shrubs may occur, usually on logs, including Itea virginica, Vaccinium formosum, and Eubotrys racemosa. Woodwardia areolata dominates the herb layer, at least in the marginal portions of the pond where water is ponded more shallowly and for shorter periods of time; deeper ponds have a ring of Woodwardia, while shallower ponds are Woodwardia-dominated all the way across.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Examples occur at Nemours Plantation (Beaufort County, South Carolina). In Georgia, this type is closely related to ~Acer rubrum - Nyssa biflora - (Liquidambar styraciflua, Fraxinus sp.) Maritime Swamp Forest (CEGL004082)$$ and is mainly distinguished from it by existing on the mainland instead of a barrier island. The formation distinguishes the two, but it is unclear whether floristics are distinct.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Stands of this association have Liquidambar styraciflua and Acer rubrum as the constant dominants, sometimes with an admixture of Nyssa biflora. Scattered shrubs may occur, usually on logs, including Itea virginica, Vaccinium formosum, and Eubotrys racemosa (= Leucothoe racemosa). Woodwardia areolata dominates the herb layer, at least in the marginal portions of the pond where water is ponded more shallowly and for shorter periods of time; deeper ponds have a ring of Woodwardia, while shallower ponds are Woodwardia-dominated all the way across.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community occurs as small (less than one acre) depressions scattered in low oak flats in the Outer Coastal Plain of southeastern South Carolina, northeastern Florida, and adjacent Georgia.
Geographic Range: This community occurs in the Outer Coastal Plain of southeastern South Carolina and adjacent Georgia.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: FL, GA, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685911
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
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.a Swamp Chestnut Oak - Laurel Oak - Sweetgum Floodplain Forest Group | G034 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.a |
| Alliance | A3625 Sweetgum - Green Ash - Red Maple Flooded & Swamp Forest Alliance | A3625 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.a |
| Association | CEGL007848 Sweetgum - Red Maple - (Swamp Tupelo) / Virginia Chainfern Floodplain Forest | CEGL007848 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.a |
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.
- 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.
- 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.