CONTENTS 



Eage 

 PREFACE ijj 



CONVERSION FACTORS iv 



FIGURES vi 



TABLES vii 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. viii 



CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 



1.1 General Features 1 



1.2 Classification 2 



1 .3 Relationship with Adjacent Habitats 2 



1.4 Origins and Migration of C/7amaecypar/s f/7yo/yes Forests 4 



CHAPTER 2 REGIONAL OVERVIEW 



2.1 Introduction 10 



2.2 Glaciated Northeast 10 



2.3 The North Coastal Plain 16 



2.4 Virginia and the Carolinas 19 



2.5 Juniper Swamps of the Southeast 22 



CHAPTER 3 CHAMAECYPARIS THYOIDES: LIFE HISTORY AND ECOLOGY 



3.1 Morphology 26 



3.2 Silvical HalDits 27 



CHAPTER 4 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE SUBSTRATE 



4.1 Hydrology 30 



4.2 Water Chemistry 31 



4.3 Soils 32 



4.4 Production and Decomposition 33 



4.5 Soil and Plant Tissue Chemistry 33 



4.6 Interactions; Research Needed 34 



CHAPTER 5 BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS OF ATLANTIC WHITE CEDAR WETLANDS 



5.1 Adaptations to the Wetland Environment 36 



5.2 Flora 36 



5.3 Fauna 37 



5.4 Research Needs 45 



CHAPTER 6 MANAGEMENT AND HARVEST 



6.1 Impacts of Disturbance 46 



6.2 Management 52 



6.3 Commercial Use 54 



6.4 Management Guidelines 57 



6.5 The Federal Role 61 



6.6 Research Requirements 61 



CHAPTER 7 A CASE STUDY: ATLANTIC WHITE CEDAR WETLANDS IN DARE COUNTY, 

 NORTH CAROLINA by J.H. Moore and A.D. Laderman 



7.1 Overview 67 



7.2 Physical Characteristics 70 



7.3 Vegetation 72 



7.4 Fauna 76 



7.5 Management Problems and Options 78 



REFERENCES 79 



APPENDIXES: 



A Associated Flora: A Distribution Checklist by A.D. Laderman and D.B. Ward 91 



B Associated Fauna 1 08 



Hydric Soils 110 



D Personal Communications and Acknowledgments: Reference 111 



