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Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda Saturated Forest Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda Saturated Forest Alliance
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This alliance covers hardwood forests of nonriverine flats and other areas with a saturated hydrology, dominated by Quercus michauxii and Quercus pagoda, with Quercus laurifolia, Liquidambar styraciflua (especially in logged examples), Quercus nigra, Quercus lyrata, Quercus alba, Carya aquatica, Carya cordiformis, and Fagus grandifolia. Common woody plants in the understory typically include Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana, Asimina triloba, Ilex opaca var. opaca, Acer rubrum, Clethra alnifolia, Lindera benzoin var. benzoin, Leucothoe axillaris, and Cornus foemina (= Cornus stricta). Sabal minor is conspicuous in the shrub stratum. Characteristic shrub and herbaceous species include Vaccinium formosum, Itea virginica, Leucothoe racemosa, Arundinaria gigantea, Boehmeria cylindrica, Arisaema triphyllum, and others. Hydrology and species composition separates these communities from alluvial bottomland communities with similar canopy composition. These forests are seasonally saturated and are on the borderline between upland and wetland. This is an uncommon alliance and examples of forests in this alliance are known only from North Carolina and Virginia, but are possible in South Carolina and Georgia. One North Carolina example is a wet marl forest. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.17991.QUERCUSMICHAUXI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda Saturated Forest Alliance
  Translated: Swamp Chestnut Oak - Cherrybark Oak Saturated Forest Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125008 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.353