Name:
Quercus michauxii - Quercus (nigra, pagoda) - Liquidambar styraciflua - Pinus taeda Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This association is a hardwood - loblolly forest found in Louisiana's East Gulf Coastal Plain on flats of the Pleistocene Prairie Terrace that are overlain by loess. It is usually associated with the drier community Quercus pagoda - Quercus (michauxii, shumardii) - Magnolia grandiflora - (Tilia americana var. caroliniana) / Sabal minor Forest (CEGL007712) in a complex of wetland and non-wetland forests occurring on interdigitated microtopographic highs and lows. The canopy is dominated by Quercus michauxii with Quercus nigra, Quercus phellos, Quercus pagoda, Quercus laurifolia, Liquidambar styraciflua, Pinus taeda, Pinus glabra, Magnolia grandiflora, Acer rubrum, Carya glabra, Liriodendron tulipifera, Nyssa sylvatica, Prunus serotina, and others. Quercus alba, Fagus grandifolia, Gleditsia triacanthos, and Fraxinus americana are present in small amounts. The subcanopy and shrub strata include canopy species in addition to Magnolia virginiana, Diospyros virginiana, Ilex opaca var. opaca, Ilex vomitoria, Halesia diptera, Carpinus caroliniana, Hamamelis virginiana, Sebastiania fruticosa, Symplocos tinctoria, Arundinaria gigantea, and Vaccinium elliottii, with Sabal minor as a prominent component. Vines include Berchemia scandens, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Toxicodendron radicans, Bignonia capreolata, Gelsemium sempervirens, Lonicera sempervirens, Smilax spp., and Vitis rotundifolia. Ferns are diverse and abundant, including Thelypteris palustris, Woodwardia areolata, Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis, Athyrium filix-femina, Polystichum acrostichoides, and Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana. Other herbs may include Arisaema dracontium, Arisaema triphyllum, Boehmeria cylindrica, Chasmanthium laxum, Carex spp., and Melanthium virginicum, among others.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.17990.QUERCUSMICHAUXI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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