Bottomland Hardwoods
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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