Name:
Fagus grandifolia - Quercus alba - Liquidambar styraciflua / Magnolia grandiflora / Smilax pumila - Hexastylis arifolia Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This association includes mesic mixed hardwood forests of the Gulf Coastal Plain east of the Mississippi River. Within this region, examples are found within the range of Magnolia grandiflora, and stands typically include a diagnostic component of this species. Stands of this association contain a canopy dominated by Fagus grandifolia and Quercus alba, with Nyssa sylvatica, Liquidambar styraciflua, and Quercus hemisphaerica (more prevalent on upper slopes). The more-or-less open subcanopy contains Magnolia grandiflora, Magnolia macrophylla, Ostrya virginiana, Liriodendron tulipifera, Acer rubrum, and Cornus florida. Shrubs and woody vines are relatively sparse; shrubs include Aesculus pavia, Arundinaria gigantea, Hamamelis virginiana, Vaccinium elliottii, Ilex decidua, Symplocos tinctoria, Asimina parviflora, and Hypericum hypericoides. Woody vines include Vitis rotundifolia, Gelsemium sempervirens, and Toxicodendron radicans. The herbaceous stratum includes Smilax pumila, Polystichum acrostichoides, Mitchella repens, Arisaema triphyllum, Aristolochia serpentaria, Hexastylis arifolia var. callifolia?, Euphorbia corollata, Scutellaria elliptica, Dichanthelium boscii, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Carex spp., Dioscorea villosa, and the epiphyte Pleopeltis polypodioides (= Polypodium polypodioides).
Accession Code:
VB.CC.18010.FAGUSGRANDIFOLI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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