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CEGL004682 Taxodium distichum - Nyssa biflora - Magnolia virginiana - Fraxinus profunda Tidal Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Bald-cypress - Swamp Tupelo - Sweetbay - Pumpkin Ash Tidal Forest
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association represents tidal rivermouth swamp forests of the northern Gulf of Mexico. This type is known from the Suwannee River, which is often considered to be a blackwater-type river. The canopy is dominated by Taxodium distichum, Nyssa biflora, Magnolia virginiana, and Fraxinus profunda.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Seemingly very similar vegetation occurs in non-tidal portions of the "spring run" Wacissa River.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The canopy is dominated by Taxodium distichum, Nyssa biflora, Magnolia virginiana, and Fraxinus profunda. In addition, other canopy species include Acer rubrum and Fraxinus pennsylvanica. Understory trees include Magnolia virginiana, Persea palustris, Fraxinus caroliniana, Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana, Cornus foemina (= Cornus stricta), Cyrilla racemiflora, and Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera). Woody vines and shrubs include Toxicodendron radicans, Apios americana, Berchemia scandens, Itea virginica, Decumaria barbara, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Vitis rotundifolia, Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis, and Euonymus americanus. Herbaceous species include Carex spp., Saururus cernuus, Pontederia cordata, Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens, Dryopteris ludoviciana, Peltandra virginica, Crinum americanum, and the epiphytes Phoradendron leucarpum, Tillandsia usneoides, Tillandsia bartramii, and Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana.
Dynamics: It may grade into tidal marshes and/or spring-run marshes.
Environmental Description: These freshwater tidal swamp forests are found near the mouths of rivers just inland of salt marshes. They are often found between anastomosing channels on highly organic soils and are flooded at least twice daily due to tidal cycles (FNAI 1990).
Geographic Range: This type is restricted to northern Florida.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: FL
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687708
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.4 Swamp Chestnut Oak - Bald-cypress - Pecan Southern Floodplain Forest Macrogroup | M031 | 1.B.3.Nb.4 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nb.4.c Bald-cypress - Water Tupelo Floodplain Forest Group | G033 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.c |
| Alliance | A3595 Bald-cypress - Swamp Tupelo Tidal Swamp Forest Alliance | A3595 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.c |
| Association | CEGL004682 Bald-cypress - Swamp Tupelo - Sweetbay - Pumpkin Ash Tidal Forest | CEGL004682 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Freshwater Tidal Swamp, Cypress/Blackgum/Sweetbay/Ash Swamp subtype (FNAI 1992b)
- FNAI [Florida Natural Areas Inventory]. 1992b. Natural community classification. Unpublished document. The Nature Conservancy, Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee. 16 pp.
- FNAI [Florida Natural Areas Inventory]. 2010a. Guide to the natural communities of Florida: 2010 edition. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, FL. 228 pp. [https://fnai.org/naturalcommguide.cfm]
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.