Coastal Plain lowland deciduous forest
Coastal Plain hardwood flats
Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra - Quercus pagoda - Liquidambar styraciflua / Sabal minor - Ilex vomitoria Forest (CEGL007851)
Quercus pagoda - Quercus michauxii - Quercus alba / Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta - Sabal minor / Chasmanthium laxum Forest (CEGL007849)
Quercus alba - Quercus (michauxii, nigra) / Ilex opaca / Chasmanthium laxum Forest (CEGL007845)
Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Forest (CEGL007449)

Coastal Plain nonriverine swamp forests
Taxodium distichum - Nyssa biflora / Berchemia scandens - Toxicodendron radicans / Woodwardia areolata Forest (CEGL004429)
Taxodium ascendens / (Nyssa biflora) / Leucothoe racemosa - Lyonia lucida - Morella cerifera Depression Forest (CEGL007420)
Quercus laurifolia - Nyssa biflora / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Forest (CEGL007447)
Nyssa biflora - Liquidambar styraciflua - Acer rubrum var. trilobum / Clethra alnifolia Forest (CEGL004679)
Nyssa biflora - Acer rubrum var. trilobum - Liriodendron tulipifera / Magnolia virginiana - Asimina triloba / Clethra alnifolia Forest (CEGL004428)
Nyssa biflora - (Acer rubrum) / Ilex opaca / Leucothoe axillaris / Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea Forest (CEGL004427)

Coastal Plain lowland evergreen forests and shrublands
White cedar forests
Pinus taeda - Chamaecyparis thyoides - Acer rubrum - Nyssa biflora / Lyonia lucida - Clethra alnifolia Forest (CEGL007558)
Chamaecyparis thyoides / Persea palustris / Lyonia lucida - Ilex coriacea Forest (CEGL006146)

Bay forests
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Magnolia virginiana - Persea palustris / Lyonia lucida Forest (CEGL007049)
Gordonia lasianthus - Magnolia virginiana - Persea palustris / Sphagnum spp. Forest (CEGL007044)
Gordonia lasianthus / Woodwardia virginica - Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis Forest (CEGL004410)
Cyrilla racemiflora - Persea palustris - Magnolia virginiana Shrubland (CEGL004449)

Pocosins
Pinus serotina / Zenobia pulverulenta - Cyrilla racemiflora - Lyonia lucida Wooded Shrubland (CEGL004458)
Chamaedaphne calyculata - Vaccinium macrocarpon / Carex striata var. striata - Woodwardia areolata Dwarf-shrubland (CEGL004165)
Chamaedaphne calyculata / Carex striata var. striata - Sarracenia (flava, purpurea, rubra ssp. rubra) Dwarf-shrubland (CEGL004164)
Chamaedaphne calyculata / Carex striata var. striata - Woodwardia virginica Dwarf-shrubland (CEGL004163)
Ilex glabra - Lyonia lucida - Zenobia pulverulenta Shrubland (CEGL003944)
Cyrilla racemiflora - Zenobia pulverulenta Shrubland (CEGL003943)
Pinus serotina / Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta Wooded Shrubland (CEGL003851)
Pinus serotina / Lyonia lucida - Ilex glabra - (Cyrilla racemiflora) Shrubland (CEGL003846)

Pondpine forests and woodlands
Pinus serotina / Ilex glabra / Woodwardia virginica Woodland (CEGL004652)
Pinus serotina / Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta Woodland (CEGL004433)
Pinus serotina - Gordonia lasianthus / Lyonia lucida Woodland (CEGL003671)
Pinus serotina / Cyrilla racemiflora - Lyonia lucida - Ilex glabra Woodland (CEGL003670)

Canebrakes
Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta Shrubland (CEGL003843)


Coastal Plain ponds and marshes
Pond cypress depressions forests
Taxodium ascendens / Ilex myrtifolia Depression Forest (CEGL007418)

Depression pond hardwood forests
Nyssa ogeche - (Nyssa biflora, Taxodium ascendens) Forest (CEGL007392)
Liquidambar styraciflua - Acer rubrum - (Nyssa biflora) / Woodwardia virginica Forest (CEGL007848)
Nyssa biflora / Itea virginica - Cephalanthus occidentalis Depression Forest (CEGL007434)
Nyssa ogeche / Ilex myrtifolia / Carex turgescens - Carex striata Forest (CEGL004641)
Quercus phellos / Carex (albolutescens, intumescens, joorii) - Chasmanthium sessiliflorum / Sphagnum lescurii Forest (CEGL007403)

Pond cypress savannas
Taxodium ascendens / Woodwardia virginica Woodland (CEGL004441)
Taxodium ascendens / Ilex myrtifolia / Carex (striata, turgescens) Stringer Forest (CEGL007419)
Taxodium ascendens / Cyrilla racemiflora - Zenobia pulverulenta Woodland (CEGL003734)
Taxodium ascendens / Panicum hemitomon - Polygala cymosa Woodland (CEGL003733)

Depression pond shrublands
Cyrilla racemiflora / Xyris fimbriata - Utricularia purpurea - Lycopodiella alopecuroides Shrubland (CEGL007829)
Alnus serrulata Saturated Southern Shrubland (CEGL003912)
Vaccinium formosum - Vaccinium fuscatum / Sphagnum cuspidatum Shrubland (CEGL003907)
Decodon verticillatus Seasonally Flooded Shrubland (CEGL003905)
Cyrilla racemiflora - Lyonia lucida Shrubland (CEGL003844)
Cephalanthus occidentalis / Carex spp. - Lemna spp. Southern Shrubland (CEGL002191)
Rhynchospora filifolia - Juncus abortivus Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004131)
Panicum hemitomon - Eleocharis equisetoides - Rhynchospora inundata Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004127)
Dichanthelium wrightianum - Dichanthelium erectifolium Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004105)
Hypericum fasciculatum / Rhynchospora (chapmanii, harperi) Shrubland (CEGL003869)
Woodwardia virginica / Sphagnum cuspidatum Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004475)
Pinus serotina / Cyrilla racemiflora - Lyonia lucida - Vaccinium fuscatum Woodland (CEGL004434)

Wooded Lake & pond shores
Liquidambar styraciflua / Persea palustris Forest (CEGL004481)
Taxodium distichum - Taxodium ascendens / Panicum hemitomon Woodland (CEGL004466)
Taxodium distichum - Taxodium ascendens / Panicum hemitomon - Sclerolepis uniflora Woodland (CEGL004465)
Taxodium distichum - Liquidambar styraciflua - Platanus occidentalis / Asimina triloba Forest (CEGL004424)

Freshwater marsh
Eleocharis (elongata, equisetoides) - Rhynchospora tracyi Semipermanently Flooded Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004960)
Saccharum spp. - Panicum verrucosum - (Rhexia spp., Sabatia angularis) Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004752)
Rhynchospora inundata - Eriocaulon decangulare - Panicum virgatum - Muhlenbergia expansa Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004509)
Rhynchospora alba Saturated Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004463)
Rhynchospora (careyana, inundata) Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004132)
Carex striata var. brevis Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004120)

Vernal pools
Panicum virgatum - Andropogon (capillipes, glaucopsis) - Aristida palustris Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004100)
Sphagnum cuspidatum Nonvascular Vegetation (CEGL004384)
Hypericum reductum / Aristida stricta Dwarf-shrubland (CEGL003954)

Wet grass & sedge vegetation
Typha (angustifolia, latifolia) - (Schoenoplectus spp.) Eastern Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL006153)
Polygonum (hydropiperoides, punctatum) - Leersia (lenticularis, virginica) Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004290)
Typha latifolia Southern Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004150)
Juncus effusus Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004112)


Coastal Plain seepage and streamhead wetlands
Streamhead hardwoods swamp
Nyssa biflora - Acer rubrum var. trilobum - Liriodendron tulipifera / Ilex coriacea - Lyonia lucida Forest (CEGL004645)

Streamhead cypress swamp
Chamaecyparis thyoides - (Liriodendron tulipifera) / Lyonia lucida Forest (CEGL007563)

Sandhill seepage savanna & shrublands
Acer rubrum var. trilobum / Viburnum nudum var. nudum / Osmunda cinnamomea - Saururus cernuus - Impatiens capensis Forest (CEGL004426)
Gaylussacia frondosa - Clethra alnifolia - Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta / Aristida stricta - Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004468)
Clethra alnifolia - Toxicodendron vernix / Aristida stricta - Osmunda cinnamomea - Sarracenia spp. Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004467)

Streamhead pond pine woodland
Pinus serotina - (Liriodendron tulipifera) / Lyonia lucida - Clethra alnifolia - Ilex glabra Woodland (CEGL004435)


Coastal Plain aquatic vegetation

Nonalluvial floating aquatics
Nymphaea odorata - Nuphar lutea ssp. advena - (Nymphoides aquatica, Xyris smalliana) Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004326)
Brasenia schreberi Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004527)
Nelumbo lutea Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004323)
Nuphar lutea ssp. advena - Nymphaea odorata Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL002386)

Submerged aquatics
Myriophyllum heterophyllum Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL008457)
Potamogeton spp. - Ceratophyllum spp. - Elodea spp. Permanently Flooded Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004725)

Emergent broadleaved forbs
Orontium aquaticum - Schoenoplectus (etuberculatus, subterminalis) - Eriocaulon decangulare - Juncus trigonocarpus Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL007860)
Peltandra virginica - Saururus cernuus - Carex crinita / Climacium americanum Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL007696)
Ludwigia peploides Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL007835)
Pontederia cordata - Peltandra virginica Semipermanently Flooded Herbaceous Vegetation [Placeholder] (CEGL004291)


Coastal Plain cultural / successional / exotic alluvial wetland vegetation
Seminatural wetland herbaceous vegetation
Vitis rotundifolia - Ampelopsis arborea - Campsis radicans Vine-Shrubland (CEGL004620)
Schoenoplectus robustus - Zizaniopsis miliacea - Typha spp. - Spartina bakeri Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL007852)
Phragmites australis Tidal Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004187)
Phragmites australis Eastern North America Temperate Semi-natural Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004141)
Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004099)

Alien-dominated wetland herbaceous vegetation
Polygonum cuspidatum Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL008472)
Eichhornia crassipes Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL007671)
Hydrilla verticillata Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004702)
Ludwigia grandiflora Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004288)

 

Vegetation of the Carolinas

Coastal Plain Nonalluvial Wetland Vegetation