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CEGL007902 Taxodium distichum - Nyssa biflora - Magnolia virginiana - Acer rubrum Floodplain Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Bald-cypress - Swamp Tupelo - Sweetbay - Red Maple Floodplain Forest
Colloquial Name: West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Pond Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is only known from depressional sloughs in the pine flatwoods of southwestern Louisiana. Taxodium distichum occurs as a supercanopy and as a canopy joined by Nyssa biflora, Magnolia virginiana, and Acer rubrum. It occurs in wetter situations than ~Nyssa biflora - Quercus laurifolia / Sphagnum spp. Riparian Forest (CEGL007390)$$. Characteristic examples are known from northern and central Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association is poorly documented and understood and needs additional assessment. This type is conceptually related to ~Nyssa biflora - Quercus laurifolia / Sphagnum spp. Riparian Forest (CEGL007390)$$ but is apparently wetter.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: In stands of this type, Taxodium distichum occurs as a supercanopy and as a canopy where it is joined by Nyssa biflora, Magnolia virginiana, and Acer rubrum.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This association is apparently restricted to the West Gulf Coastal Plain of southwestern Louisiana.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: LA, TX?
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688700
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 | A3594 Bald-cypress - Water Tupelo - Swamp Tupelo Floodplain Forest Alliance | A3594 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.c |
| Association | CEGL007902 Bald-cypress - Swamp Tupelo - Sweetbay - Red Maple Floodplain Forest | CEGL007902 | 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: No Data Available
- LNHP [Louisiana Natural Heritage Program]. 2009. Natural communities of Louisiana. Louisiana Natural Heritage Program, Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, Baton Rouge. 46 pp. [http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/page_wildlife/6776-Rare%20Natural%20Communities/LA_NAT_COM.pdf]
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.