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mesic,
swampLaurelleaf greenbrier grows in shrub-tree bogs, cypress (Taxodium spp.)-gum (Nyssa spp.) depressions, along marshy stream banks [
11], and in Louisiana pitcher-plant (Sarracenia spp.) bogs [
1]. It is abundant in all age classes in cypress heads, especially along the margins [
21]; and is a dominant in pocosin communities [
23]. In Everglades National Park, laurelleaf greenbrier is common in hammock understories and occasional in sawgrass (Cladium spp.) swamps [
7]. It is characteristic of Okefenokee Swamp understories [
4,
5], and is common on burned or open areas in the Great Dismal Swamp [
20,
28], and mesic sites in North Carolina's Green Swamp [
26]. Typical laurelleaf greenbrier soils are mucky, peaty, acidic organics (Histosols). They are often poorly drained [
20,
23]. Water regimes are saturated; sites are frequently or seasonally flooded [
23]. Laurelleaf greenbrier is "almost always present on pond pine (Pinus serotina) sites" [
2]. Other common overstory associates include cypress, swamp blackgum (N. sylvatica), white bay (Magnolia virginiana), loblolly bay (Gordonia lasianthus), sweet bay (Persea borbonia), red maple (Acer rubrum), Cassena (Ilex cassine), titi (Cyrilla racemiflora), and southern white cedar [
5,
23]. Understory associates include hurrahbush (Lyonia lucida), leucothoe (Leucothoe racemosa) sweetspire (Itea virginica), poor-man's soap (Clethra alnifolia), coral greenbrier (S. walteri), and honeycup (Zenobia pulverulenta) [
5].