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Bottomland Hardwoods
Diane Sterling
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Bottomland hardwoods account for only a small portion of the floodplain,
primarily on natural levees along river shores and within the swamp
forest. These higher areas are usually only flooded for brief periods
and not always every year. They support sweetgum, red maple, ash,
spruce pine, diamond-leaf oak, water oak, water hickory, catalpa,
and an understory of blue beech, cabbage palm, needle palm, American
holly, cane, and various grasses and sedges. On the higher areas
are swamp chestnut oaks and a few southern magnolias.
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