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CEGL004428 Nyssa biflora - Acer rubrum var. trilobum - Liriodendron tulipifera / Magnolia virginiana / Clethra alnifolia Swamp Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Swamp Tupelo - Carolina Red Maple - Tuliptree / Sweetbay / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush Swamp Forest
Colloquial Name: Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This nonriverine swamp forest of the mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain has a closed canopy dominated by Nyssa biflora, Acer rubrum var. trilobum, and Liriodendron tulipifera, with scattered Taxodium distichum and Chamaecyparis thyoides. Characteristic subcanopy species include Magnolia virginiana, Asimina triloba, and Persea palustris. Clethra alnifolia patchily dominates the shrub stratum. Herbaceous species in this community include Dryopteris intermedia and Dryopteris carthusiana. The species composition suggests a higher nutrient status than other associations in this alliance.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Examples occur at East Dismal Swamp, North Carolina. This vegetation may have occurred naturally in Virginia at one time, but the Great Dismal Swamp stands that now seem to match it are clearly modified/successional vegetation and treated with the widespread successional type of that region, ~Acer rubrum var. trilobum - (Nyssa biflora) / Clethra alnifolia - (Persea palustris) Ruderal Wet Forest (CEGL007445)$$.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Stands of this forest have a closed canopy dominated by Nyssa biflora, Acer rubrum var. trilobum, and Liriodendron tulipifera, with scattered Taxodium distichum and Chamaecyparis thyoides. Characteristic subcanopy species include Magnolia virginiana, Asimina triloba, and Persea palustris. Clethra alnifolia patchily dominates the shrub stratum. Herbaceous species in this community include Dryopteris intermedia and Dryopteris carthusiana. The species composition suggests a higher nutrient status than other associations in this alliance.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This nonriverine forest type is limited to northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NC, VA?
Plot Analysis Summary:
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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.2 Swamp Tupelo - Swamp Chestnut Oak - Bald-cypress Basin Swamp & Flatwoods Macrogroup | M033 | 1.B.3.Nb.2 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nb.2.a Swamp Tupelo - Ogeechee Tupelo - Bald-cypress Basin Swamp Group | G038 | 1.B.3.Nb.2.a |
| Alliance | A3635 Swamp Tupelo Swamp Forest Alliance | A3635 | 1.B.3.Nb.2.a |
| Association | CEGL004428 Swamp Tupelo - Carolina Red Maple - Tuliptree / Sweetbay / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush Swamp Forest | CEGL004428 | 1.B.3.Nb.2.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? Nyssa biflora - Taxodium distichum - Acer rubrum / Clethra alnifolia / Woodwardia areolata Seasonally Flooded Forest (Fleming and Moorhead 1998)
< Nonriverine Swamp Forest (Schafale and Weakley 1990)
< Nonriverine Swamp Forest (Schafale and Weakley 1990)
- Fleming, G. P., and W. H. Moorhead, III. 1998. Comparative wetlands ecology study of the Great Dismal Swamp, Northwest River, and North Landing River in Virginia. Natural Heritage Technical Report 98-9. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond. Unpublished report submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 181 pp. plus appendices.
- 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.