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Quercus virginiana / Ilex vomitoria - Sabal minor / Carex cherokeensis - Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus virginiana / Ilex vomitoria - Sabal minor / Carex cherokeensis - Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This forest occurs along small rivers and streams within the historic coastal prairie matrix, now mostly in agriculture or pasture, occupying the Pleistocene terraces of the Beaumont, Lissie and possibly Willis formations of the upper Texas coast. It also occurs within the large bottomland hardwood system that spans the lower reaches of the Colorado, San Bernard and Brazos rivers (Columbia Bottomlands), where they traverse this historic coastal prairie matrix. Quercus virginiana is the dominant canopy tree, and other, more minor canopy components can include Ulmus crassifolia, Quercus shumardii, Carya illinoinensis, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, and Celtis laevigata var. laevigata. In addition to overstory components, the midstory also includes Sapindus saponaria. The understory is usually open and dominated by Ilex vomitoria and Sabal minor. Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii (= Malvaviscus drummondii) and Carex cherokeensis are a conspicuous part of the locally dense herbaceous layer. It is closely related to the deciduous forest type Ulmus crassifolia - Carya illinoinensis - Celtis laevigata / Chasmanthium sessiliflorum - Carex cherokeensis Forest (CEGL002388), with which it is often associated. When the two occur together, this Quercus virginiana-dominated type occurs in slightly better drained, more elevated situations. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.17784.QUERCUSVIRGINIA
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 07-Dec-1998 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683678 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007830
  Scientific: Quercus virginiana / Ilex vomitoria - Sabal minor / Carex cherokeensis - Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii Forest
  Common: Upper Texas Coast Live Oak Forest
  Translated: Live Oak / Yaupon - Dwarf Palmetto / Cherokee Sedge - Texas Mallow Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus virginiana / Ilex vomitoria - Sabal minor / Carex cherokeensis - Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii Forest