DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Chamaecyparis thyoides | Atlantic White-Cedar 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Atlantic white-cedar grows in a narrow belt along the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts from southern Maine to northern Florida westward to southern
Mississippi [23,25].  It occurs no farther than 50 to 130 miles (80-210
km) inland [25].  Vast stands occur in the Great Dismal Swamp of
Virginia and eastern North Carolina.  Small isolated stands are more
typical in much of New Jersey, Georgia, and eastern Florida, but stands
are infrequent in Delaware and Maryland.  The species is uncommon in
South Carolina but becomes more frequent in the Florida Panhandle and in
southern Alabama [46].  At the western edge of its range in southern
Mississippi, Atlantic white-cedar grow in scattered relict stands [46].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress


STATES : 
     AL  CT  DE  FL  GA  LA  ME  MD  MA  MS
     NH  NJ  NY  NC  RI  SC  VA


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CACO  FOCA


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K113  Southern floodplain forest
   K114  Pocosin


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    45  Pitch pine
    85  Slash pine - hardwood
    97  Atlantic white-cedar
   101  Baldcypress
   102  Baldcypress - tupelo
   103  Water tupelo - swamp tupelo
   104  Sweetbay - swamp tupelo - redbay


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Atlantic white-cedar grows as an overstory dominant in peaty swamps.  It
is listed as a dominant or indicator in the following community type
(cts) classifications:

Area                    Classification                Authority

VA                      general veg. cts              Montague & Day 1980
southern U.S.           swamp veg. cts                Penfound 1952

Related categories for Species: Chamaecyparis thyoides | Atlantic White-Cedar