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CEGL008556 Pinus elliottii - Quercus nigra - Chamaecyparis thyoides / Cyrilla racemiflora - Vaccinium spp. Swamp Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Slash Pine - Water Oak - Atlantic White-cedar / Swamp Titi - Blueberry species Swamp Forest
Colloquial Name: East Gulf Coastal Plain Blackwater Levee Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is documented from a high sandy levee in the Styx River, Baldwin County, Alabama. It is a temporarily flooded levee forest occurring on a blackwater river. The dominant trees in the canopy are Quercus nigra, Pinus elliottii, Taxodium ascendens, and Chamaecyparis thyoides. The important subcanopy trees are Quercus nigra, Ilex opaca, and Acer rubrum. The shrub layer is dense and dominated by Cyrilla racemiflora, Vaccinium elliottii, Vaccinium arboreum, and Serenoa repens. The most abundant herbaceous species is Mitchella repens.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association is documented from the Styx River in Baldwin County, AL (plot ALAB.12). It probably also occurs locally on the Perdido River and the Blackwater River (of Baldwin County, AL), as well as the other Blackwater River (of Santa Rosa County, FL).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The dominant trees in the canopy of stands of this association are Quercus nigra, Pinus elliottii, Taxodium ascendens, and Chamaecyparis thyoides. Other canopy trees are Quercus virginiana and Nyssa biflora. The important subcanopy trees are Quercus nigra, Ilex opaca, and Acer rubrum. Also found in the subcanopy are Nyssa biflora, Persea palustris, Magnolia grandiflora, and Magnolia virginiana. The shrub layer is dense and dominated by Cyrilla racemiflora, Vaccinium elliottii, Vaccinium arboreum, and Serenoa repens. Other shrubs and vines are Styrax americanus, Vitis rotundifolia, Gelsemium sempervirens, Bignonia capreolata, Hypericum hypericoides, Ilex vomitoria, Diospyros virginiana, Symplocos tinctoria, and Hypericum fasciculatum. The most abundant herbaceous species is Mitchella repens. Also present are Smilax pumila and Chasmanthium laxum.
Dynamics: This association is probably prone to rare but severe disturbance from hurricanes (wind and flooding), and fire. It occurs on sandy levees of blackwater rivers which are prone to meander.
Environmental Description: This association is documented from a high sandy levee in the Styx River, Baldwin County, Alabama. It is a temporarily flooded levee forest occurring on a blackwater river. The site is characterized by acidic, nutrient-poor conditions, and is prone to flooding for short periods at various times of year, during periods of heavy rainfall.
Geographic Range: This association is restricted to a limited number of large blackwater streams and rivers in western Florida and southern Alabama.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AL, FL
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689079
Confidence Level: Low
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.3 Sweetbay - Swamp Bay - Pond Pine Swamp Forest Macrogroup | M032 | 1.B.3.Nb.3 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nb.3.a Sweetbay - Loblolly-bay - Pond Pine Swamp Forest Group | G037 | 1.B.3.Nb.3.a |
| Alliance | A0196 Atlantic White-cedar Swamp Forest Alliance | A0196 | 1.B.3.Nb.3.a |
| Association | CEGL008556 Slash Pine - Water Oak - Atlantic White-cedar / Swamp Titi - Blueberry species Swamp Forest | CEGL008556 | 1.B.3.Nb.3.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < White cedar (Clewell and Ward 1987)
- Clewell, A. F., and D. B. Ward. 1987. White cedar in Florida and along the northern Gulf Coast. Pages 69-81 in: A. D. Laderman, editor. Atlantic white cedar wetlands. Westview Press, Boulder, CO. 401 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.