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Vegetation of the Carolinas

Coastal Plain alluvial wetland vegetation
Coastal Plain brownwater river forests
Levee & floodplain forests
Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Ulmus americana / Carpinus caroliniana / Boehmeria cylindrica Forest (CEGL007806)
» 4th approx: Brownwater Levee Forest (Medium Levee Subtype)
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica / Cornus foemina / Carex bromoides Forest (CEGL007742)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Fagus grandifolia - Liquidambar styraciflua - Quercus (michauxii, nigra) Forest (CEGL007866)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Quercus michauxii / Carpinus caroliniana - Ilex opaca / Leucothoe racemosa Forest (CEGL007737)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Liquidambar styraciflua - Quercus (laurifolia, nigra) - (Pinus taeda) / Arundinaria gigantea / Carex abscondita Forest (CEGL007732)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica / Leersia lenticularis - Carex lupulina Forest (CEGL007728)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Quercus lyrata - Carya aquatica Forest (CEGL007397)
» 4th approx: Brownwater Bottomland Hardwoods (Low Subtype)
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Pinus taeda Temporarily Flooded Forest (CEGL007142)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Acer negundo Forest (CEGL005033)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Celtis laevigata - Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Acer negundo - (Juglans nigra) / Asimina triloba / Carex grayi Forest (CEGL004740)
» 4th approx: Brownwater Levee Forest (High Levee Subtype)
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Pinus taeda - Liquidambar styraciflua - Nyssa biflora Temporarily Flooded Forest (CEGL004606)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Salix nigra - Fraxinus pennsylvanica Forest (CEGL007734)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Populus deltoides / Acer negundo / Boehmeria cylindrica Forest (CEGL007731)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Platanus occidentalis - Celtis laevigata - Fraxinus pennsylvanica / Lindera benzoin - Ilex decidua / Carex retroflexa Forest (CEGL007730)
» 4th approx: Brownwater Levee Forest (High Levee Subtype)
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Acer saccharinum / Leersia lenticularis - Commelina virginica Forest (CEGL007727)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Populus deltoides - Salix caroliniana Forest (CEGL007343)
» 4th approx: BROWNWATER LEVEE FOREST (COTTONWOOD SUBTYPE)
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Betula nigra - Platanus occidentalis / Alnus serrulata / Boehmeria cylindrica Forest (CEGL007312)
» 4th approx: Piedmont Levee Forest
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Quercus laurifolia - Quercus lyrata - Carya aquatica Forest (CEGL004695)
» 4th approx: BROWNWATER LEVEE FOREST (LOW LEVEE SUBTYPE)
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Quercus laurifolia - Quercus michauxii - Liquidambar styraciflua / Carpinus caroliniana Forest (CEGL004678)
» 4th approx: Brownwater Bottomland Hardwoods (High Subtype)
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Salix nigra Forest (CEGL002103)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Quercus shumardii - Quercus michauxii - Quercus nigra / Acer barbatum - Tilia americana var. heterophylla Forest (CEGL008487)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Acer rubrum - Fraxinus pennsylvanica Seasonally Flooded Forest [Placeholder] (CEGL007380)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Liquidambar styraciflua - (Acer rubrum) Seasonally Flooded Forest [Placeholder] (CEGL007387)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Liquidambar styraciflua - Quercus (nigra, phellos) - Pinus taeda / Vaccinium elliottii - Morella cerifera Forest (CEGL007726)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Acer rubrum - Fraxinus pennsylvanica / Saururus cernuus Forest (CEGL006606)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Brown-water swamp forests
Quercus lyrata - Quercus laurifolia - Taxodium distichum / Saururus cernuus Forest (CEGL004735)
» 4th approx: Blackwater Bottomland Hardwoods (Swamp Transition Subtype)
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Taxodium distichum - Nyssa aquatica / Fraxinus caroliniana Forest (CEGL007431)
» 4th approx: Brownwater Levee Forest (High Levee Subtype)
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Taxodium distichum - Nyssa aquatica - Acer rubrum / Itea virginica Forest (CEGL007422)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Taxodium distichum / Lemna minor Forest (CEGL002420)
» 4th approx: Coastal Plain Semipermanent Impoundment (Cypress--Gum Subtype)
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Nyssa aquatica Forest (CEGL002419)
» 4th approx: CYPRESS--GUM SWAMP (WATER TUPELO SUBTYPE)
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Tidal swamp forests
Seminatural successional floodplain forest
Pinus taeda - Acer rubrum - Liquidambar styraciflua / Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta Forest (CEGL004649)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Coastal Plain blackwater river forests
Black-water swamp forests
Nyssa biflora - Acer rubrum var. rubrum / Lyonia lucida Forest (CEGL007864)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Nyssa biflora - Liquidambar styraciflua / Glyceria septentrionalis - Hydrocotyle ranunculoides Forest (CEGL007743)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Taxodium distichum - Nyssa aquatica - Nyssa biflora / Fraxinus caroliniana / Itea virginica Forest (CEGL007432)
» 4th approx: Cypress--Gum Swamp (Intermediate Subtype)
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Nyssa aquatica - Nyssa biflora Forest (CEGL007429)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Planera aquatica Forest (CEGL007394)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Nyssa ogeche - Nyssa aquatica Forest (CEGL007393)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Taxodium distichum - Nyssa biflora / Fraxinus caroliniana / Lyonia lucida Forest (CEGL004733)
» 4th approx: Cypress--Gum Swamp (Acid Blackwater Subtype)
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Black-water fringing hardwood forest
Liquidambar styraciflua - Quercus laurifolia / Magnolia virginiana / Carex lonchocarpa Forest (CEGL004631)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Nyssa biflora - (Liquidambar styraciflua) / Itea virginica / Saururus cernuus Forest (CEGL007847)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Taxodium distichum - Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Quercus laurifolia / Acer rubrum / Saururus cernuus Forest (CEGL007719)
» 4th approx: Brownwater Bottomland Hardwoods (Swamp Transition Subtype)
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Quercus laurifolia - Quercus lyrata / Carpinus caroliniana - Persea palustris / Vaccinium elliottii Forest (CEGL004737)
» 4th approx: Blackwater Bottomland Hardwoods (Low Subtype)
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Coastal Plain small stream forests
Nyssa biflora - Liriodendron tulipifera - Pinus (serotina, taeda) / Lyonia lucida - Ilex glabra Forest (CEGL004734)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Quercus phellos - Quercus laurifolia - Nyssa biflora - Liquidambar styraciflua / Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta - Sabal minor Forest (CEGL007846)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Pinus taeda - Quercus laurifolia - Chamaecyparis thyoides - (Quercus virginiana) / Vaccinium elliottii Forest (CEGL007548)
» 4th approx: Blackwater Bottomland Hardwoods (Evergreen Subtype)
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Pinus glabra - Quercus (laurifolia, michauxii, nigra) / Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana / Sabal minor Forest (CEGL007544)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Nyssa biflora - Quercus nigra - Quercus laurifolia - Pinus taeda / Ilex opaca - Carpinus caroliniana Forest (CEGL007350)
» 4th approx: Coastal Plain Small Stream Swamp
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Quercus laurifolia / Carpinus caroliniana / Justicia ovata Forest (CEGL007348)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Pinus taeda - Quercus laurifolia / Vaccinium elliottii - Arundinaria gigantea Forest (CEGL004736)
» 4th approx: BLACKWATER BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS (HIGH SUBTYPE)
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Liquidambar styraciflua - Liriodendron tulipifera / Onoclea sensibilis Forest (CEGL007329)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Coastal Plain shrub & herb communities
Mud & sand bar shrubland
Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea Shrubland (CEGL003836)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Mud & sand bar forbs
Salix nigra Temporarily Flooded Shrubland (CEGL003901)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Salix caroliniana Temporarily Flooded Shrubland (CEGL003899)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Salix caroliniana Temporarily Flooded Forest (CEGL007373)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Eragrostis hypnoides - Micranthemum umbrosum - Lipocarpha micrantha - (Juncus repens) Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004341)
» 4th approx: Sand and Mud Bar (Blackwater Drawdown Bar Subtype)
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Riverine fringing marsh
Zizaniopsis miliacea Coastal Plain Slough Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004139)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Justicia americana Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004286)
» 4th approx: ROCKY BAR AND SHORE (WATER WILLOW SUBTYPE)
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Riparian submerged aquatic vegetration
Nuphar lutea ssp. sagittifolia Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004328)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Vallisneria americana - (Heteranthera dubia) Riverine Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004333)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Podostemum ceratophyllum Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004331)
» 4th approx: unknown
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