Print Report
CEGL004641 Nyssa ogeche / Ilex myrtifolia / Carex turgescens - Carex striata Swamp Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Ogeechee Tupelo / Myrtle Dahoon / Pine Barren Sedge - Walter''s Sedge Swamp Forest
Colloquial Name: South Atlantic Coastal Plain Ogeechee Tupelo Flatwoods Pond
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: These depressional sinkhole wetlands are dominated by Nyssa ogeche. They occur in a matrix of pine flatwoods, not associated with river floodplains, in the outer Southeastern Coastal Plain of South Carolina and Georgia. Nyssa ogeche is generally strongly dominant, although Taxodium ascendens can also be present. Ilex myrtifolia is often common as a small tree or large shrub. Typical herbaceous species are Carex striata, Carex turgescens, Carex glaucescens, Carex verrucosa, and Woodwardia virginica. This community is influenced by fire that burns into or through it during drought periods from adjoining pine flatwoods.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Examples are known from Okeetee Plantation in southern South Carolina.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Nyssa ogeche is generally strongly dominant in stands of this association, although Taxodium ascendens can also be present. Ilex myrtifolia is often common as a small tree or large shrub. Typical herbaceous species are Carex striata, Carex turgescens, Carex glaucescens, Carex verrucosa, and Woodwardia virginica.
Dynamics: This association is naturally limited to unusual sinkhole ponds in the outer southeastern Coastal Plain of South Carolina and Georgia; these are isolated depressional wetlands in a fire-maintained landscape. This community is influenced by fire that burns into or through it during drought periods from adjoining pine flatwoods.
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This association is known from the outer southeastern Coastal Plain of South Carolina and Georgia.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: GA, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686939
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
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 | A3636 Swamp Tupelo - Ogeechee Tupelo Depressional Swamp Forest Alliance | A3636 | 1.B.3.Nb.2.a |
| Association | CEGL004641 Ogeechee Tupelo / Myrtle Dahoon / Pine Barren Sedge - Walter''s Sedge Swamp Forest | CEGL004641 | 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: < IIA10b. Swamp Tupelo Pond Forest (Allard 1990)
- 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.
- GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.