Cypress Lakeshore Swamp Forest

Type:Alliance
Parent classification:Bald-cypress - Tupelo Floodplain Forest
Scientific Name:Taxodium distichum - Taxodium ascendens / Panicum hemitomon Lakeshore Swamp Forest Alliance
Location:United States (Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi)
Description:This alliance includes seasonally (to semipermanently) flooded woodlands of coastal plain lakeshores dominated by Taxodium distichum or Taxodium ascendens, and such shrubs as Cephalanthus occidentalis, Clethra alnifolia, Eubotrys racemosa, and Acer rubrum and herbaceous species such as Juncus repens, Eleocharis quadrangulata, Panicum hemitomon, Panicum verrucosum, and Panicum dichotomiflorum.
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Child types

Name
Atlantic Coastal Plain Bald-cypress - Pond-cypress Lakeshore
Atlantic Coastal Plain Lakeshore Woodland
Blackwater Lake Shoreline Forest
Coastal Plain Sweetgum Lakeshore Forest
East Gulf Coastal Plain Bald-cypress Pondshore
Lake Drummond Pondshore

Habitat Vegetation Classification provided by NatureServe Explorer