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CEGL003944 Ilex glabra - Lyonia lucida - Zenobia pulverulenta Wet Shrubland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Inkberry - Shining Fetterbush - Honeycup Wet Shrubland

Colloquial Name: Inkberry - Honeycup Low Pocosin

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: Mixed evergreen-deciduous and deciduous low pocosins of peat domes (ombrotrophic blanket bogs) of the Outer and Middle Coastal Plain of North Carolina and possibly South Carolina, with shrub height (0.5-2 m) maintained by extremely poor nutrient status and (secondarily) by occasional fire. Stands are dominated by Ilex glabra, Lyonia lucida, and Zenobia pulverulenta. Very scattered Pinus serotina are present (less than 10%), these sometimes of medium stature. This association includes low pocosins of the Dare County peninsula and large peat-filled Carolina bays of the Bladen and Cumberland counties area. Other characteristic species can include Kalmia cuneata, Kalmia carolina, Aronia arbutifolia, Sarracenia flava, Woodwardia virginica, Carex striata var. striata, Rhynchospora fascicularis, and Lysimachia asperulifolia.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: No Data Available

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: Stands are dominated by Ilex glabra, Lyonia lucida, and Zenobia pulverulenta. Very scattered Pinus serotina are present (less than 10%), these sometimes of medium stature. Other characteristic species can include Kalmia cuneata, Kalmia carolina, Aronia arbutifolia, Sarracenia flava, Woodwardia virginica, Carex striata var. striata, Rhynchospora fascicularis, and Lysimachia asperulifolia.

Dynamics:  The shrub height (0.5-2 m) is maintained by extremely poor nutrient status and (secondarily) by occasional fire.
Environmental Description:  This association includes low pocosins of the Dare County peninsula and large peat-filled Carolina bays of the Bladen and Cumberland counties area of North Carolina. Stands are also found in depressions (bays) in the Francis Marion National Forest (South Carolina).
Geographic Range: This mixed evergreen-deciduous low pocosin type is restricted to peat domes (ombrotrophic blanket bogs) of the Outer and Middle Coastal Plain of North Carolina and possibly South Carolina.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  NC, SC


Confidence Level: Moderate

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2

Greasons: No Data Available
Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Class 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class C02 2
Subclass 2.C Shrub & Herb Wetland Subclass S44 2.C
Formation 2.C.2 Temperate to Polar Bog & Fen Formation F016 2.C.2
Division 2.C.2.Nb Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Plain Pocosin Division D324 2.C.2.Nb
Macrogroup 2.C.2.Nb.1 Shining Fetterbush - Inkberry - Swamp Titi Bog & Fen Macrogroup M065 2.C.2.Nb.1
Group 2.C.2.Nb.1.a Shining Fetterbush - Inkberry - Swamp Titi Pocosin & Shrub Bog Group G186 2.C.2.Nb.1.a
Alliance A1054 Honeycup - Shining Fetterbush Shrub Pocosin Alliance A1054 2.C.2.Nb.1.a
Association CEGL003944 Inkberry - Shining Fetterbush - Honeycup Wet Shrubland CEGL003944 2.C.2.Nb.1.a
Concept Lineage: This association now includes the former association Zenobia pulverulenta - Chamaedaphne calyculata Shrubland (CEGL003919).

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < IIC1a. Low Pocosin (Allard 1990)
Concept Author(s): A.S. Weakley, M.P. Schafale and B. van Eerden

Author of Description: A.S. Weakley, M.P. Schafale and B. van Eerden

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 09-01-94
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  • Glitzenstein, J. S., and D. R. Streng. 2004. Evaluating the NatureServe preliminary plant community classification for Francis Marion National Forest. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL. Plus appendices and data.
  • NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern United States. No date. Unpublished data. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
  • Nelson, J. B. 1986. The natural communities of South Carolina: Initial classification and description. South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Columbia, SC. 55 pp.
  • 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.