Habitats of North Carolina

Floodplain Forests
Coastal Plain Wet-Hydric Floodplains

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Habitat Overview

Like the General Wet-Hydric Floodplains, this habitat comprises bottomlands, swamps, and the forested edges of lakes and impoundments, but in this case includes only those that occur within the Coastal Plain. The mild winters, slow-moving waters, poorly drained, and often acidic and nutrient poor soils are probably additional factors that limit the Determining Species to this region.

Plant species restricted to this habitat include primarily the few species that can grow in both swamps and bottomlands. They are highly tolerant of flooding but can also grow in the wet but not permanently flooded soils of the bottomlands

Animal species include the herbivores that specialize on the plants included in this habitat. Also included are predatory species that either require semi-permanent pools for breeding or for adult habitat or that feed primarily on prey species that require pools or slow-flowing waters.

Related NHP Natural Communities

Determining Species

Taxa	Global Rank	State Rank	Probability of Extirpation (PE)
MOTHS
Catocala aestivalia	GNR	S2S4	0.0058
Catocala lincolnana - Lincoln Underwing	G3G4	S2S3	0.0164
Gondysia telma	GNR	SU	0.0020
Tripudia flavofasciata	GNR	SU	0.0020
Zanclognatha atrilineella	GU	S2S3	0.0164
MAMMALS
Corynorhinus rafinesquii macrotis - Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat	G3G4	S3	0.0058
Myotis austroriparius - Southeastern Bat	G4	S2	0.0460
ODONATES
Coryphaeschna ingens - Regal Darner	G5	S2	0.0460
Triacanthagyna trifida - Phantom Darner	G5	SH	0.00
SHRUBS
Crataegus aestivalis - May Hawthorn	G5	S2	0.0460
SALAMANDERS
Desmognathus auriculatus - Southern Dusky Salamander	G4	S5	0.00
BIRDS
Ictinia mississippiensis - Mississippi Kite	G5	S3	0.0058
HARDWOODS
Nyssa aquatica - Water Tupelo	G5	S4	0.0007
Populus heterophylla - Swamp Cottonwood	G5	S4	0.0007
FROGS
Pseudacris brimleyi - Brimley's Chorus Frog	G5	S4	0.0007
Expected Number of Extirpations with a PE value (Sum of PE) = 0.1943
N = Number of Extant Species with a PE value = 13
Average PE = ENE/N = 0.0149
Number of S5 species = 1
Proportion of Secure Species = Number of S5 Species/N = 0.0769
Habitat Risk Index = ENE x (1 – PSS) = 0.1794

Candidates for Inclusion

Habitat Sub-sets

Distribution Map

Distribution

Survey Coverage Map

Survey Coverage

Survey Priorities

Average Imperilment of Habitat Members

Habitat Conservation Status

High Quality Habitat Occurrence Table

High Quality Habitat Occurrences

Protected Habitat Occurrences

Threats and Trends

Status Summary

Stewardship Recommendations

References

Updated on

2021-07-22 19:19:33