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NATURAL HERITAGE

The Natural Communities of Virginia
Classification of Ecological Community Groups
SECOND APPROXIMATION (Version 2.5)

Information current as of February, 2012


 

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

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

Riverine System

Estuarine System

Marine System