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CEGL007414 Taxodium ascendens / Annona glabra / Bacopa caroliniana Swamp Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Pond-cypress / Pond-apple / Blue Water-hyssop Swamp Forest
Colloquial Name: South Florida Pond-cypress Dome (Pond-apple Type)
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This dome-shaped Taxodium ascendens community of southern Florida occurs in poorly drained depressions which are underlain by an impervious layer that impedes drainage and traps precipitation. It is traditionally separated from cypress strands by their round rather than linear shape, and by floristic and hydrologic differences, i.e. little flow. Cypress domes tend to have longer hydroperiods (8-12 months) and denser canopies than cypress strands. This community is associated with bedrock depressions; the larger trees in the center are in deeper water, but deeper soil as well. Their greater size is more due to the greater productivity of the site than to greater age, though damaging fires enter domes from adjacent prairie vegetation and are more likely to kill or damage the less flooded, smaller, peripheral trees. Taxodium ascendens is the dominant tree, generally with abundant epiphytes and the oldest and largest individuals characteristically occupying the center, with smaller and younger individuals around the margins. The understory flora is typified by species with tropical affinities.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Cypress domes receive their common name from the unique dome-shaped appearance in which trees in the center are higher than those around the sides (Monk and Brown 1965).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Taxodium ascendens is the dominant tree, with the oldest and largest individuals characteristically occupying the center, with smaller and younger individuals around the margins. The understory flora is typified by species with tropical affinities.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This type occurs in poorly drained depressions which are underlain by an impervious layer that impedes drainage and traps precipitation. This and related dome types have longer hydroperiods than cypress strands of the same region. Pools of stagnant, highly acidic water may stand in the center of these depressions ranging from 30-120 cm (1-4 feet) in depth, but becoming increasing shallow along the margins.
Geographic Range: Cypress domes are found in southern Florida.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: FL
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688901
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.1 Pond-cypress - Slash Pine Swamp Macrogroup | M161 | 1.B.3.Nb.1 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nb.1.a Pond-cypress / Holly species Basin Swamp Group | G036 | 1.B.3.Nb.1.a |
| Alliance | A4085 Pond-cypress / Pond-apple/ Beaksedge species Subtropical Swamp Forest Alliance | A4085 | 1.B.3.Nb.1.a |
| Association | CEGL007414 Pond-cypress / Pond-apple / Blue Water-hyssop Swamp Forest | CEGL007414 | 1.B.3.Nb.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? Cypress Dome (Olmsted et al. 1980a)
? Cypress Dome Forest (Hilsenbeck et al. 1979)
? Cypress Dome Forest (Hilsenbeck et al. 1979)
- 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]
- Hilsenbeck, C. E., R. H. Hofstetter, and T. R. Alexander. 1979. Preliminary synopsis of major plant communities in the East Everglades area: Vegetation map supplement. Unpublished document. Metropolitan Dade County Planning Department, Miami, FL.
- Monk, C. D., and T. W. Brown. 1965. Ecological considerations of cypress heads in north central Florida. The American Midland Naturalist 74:126-140.
- Olmsted, I. C., L. L. Loope, and C. E. Hilsenbeck. 1980a. Tropical hardwood hammocks of the interior of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress Preserve. USDI National Park Service, Southern Florida Research Center. Report T-604. Homestead, FL.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.