Environmental Description:  Stands of this association occur on seepage slopes and in poorly drained flats and depressions. At Fort Benning, Georgia, the soils of this shrubland (CEGL004666) or ~Pinus serotina / Lyonia lucida - Ilex glabra - (Cyrilla racemiflora) Wet Shrubland (CEGL003846)$$ seem wetter than those of ~Pinus palustris - Pinus serotina / Ilex glabra - Lyonia lucida / Ctenium aromaticum Woodland (CEGL003860)$$. In dry years, this difference in soil moisture is even more pronounced and evident. CEGL004666 is most often found along drains of narrow streams in highly dissected topographic situations and is therefore in wetter situations than either CEGL003846 or CEGL003860. CEGL004666 would have a less frequent fire-return interval due to higher levels of soil moisture than either CEGL003846 or CEGL003860. Burns in CEGL004666 would require a very dry year to allow fire to burn more than just the edges of this habitat type. CEGL003846 is in open, flat situations with saturated soils, but does not have the diverse herbaceous component seen in CEGL003860 due to a dense broad-leaved evergreen shrub component which would indicate a less frequent fire-return interval than CEGL003860. Furthermore, CEGL003846 does not have an open, continuous tree canopy; rather, canopy trees are sparse, scattered and often appear to have a stunted growth form (M. Mulligan pers. comm.).