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NATURAL HERITAGE

The Natural Communities of Virginia
Classification of Ecological Community Groups
SECOND APPROXIMATION (Version 2.2)


 

SATURATED PEATLANDS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN

Ecological community groups of fire-influenced, groundwater controlled, non-alluvial, Coastal Plain wetlands with deep organic soils and a saturated hydrologic regime. This class is represented in Virginia by woodland and forest vegetation, although shrublands are components further south.


Pond Pine Woodlands and Pocosins

Peatland Atlantic White-Cedar Forests

Streamhead Pocosins

photo of Pond pine woodland/pocosin
Caren Caljouw
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Table of Contents

Introduction

Overview of VA Physiography & Vegetation

Glossary

Literature

Format of Descriptions

Terrestrial System

Palustrine System: SATURATED PEATLANDS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN
   - Pond Pine Woodlands and Pocosins
   - Peatland Atlantic White-Cedar Forests
   - Streamhead Pocosins

Riverine System

Estuarine System

Marine System