Name:
Liquidambar styraciflua - (Liriodendron tulipifera, Acer rubrum) Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This alliance includes a variety of bottomland communities of moderately wet floodplains of the lower Piedmont, Interior Low Plateau, Coastal Plain, and possibly the Cumberland Plateau, ranging into the Ouachita Mountains and Ozarks, and dominated by Liquidambar styraciflua with or without some combination of Liriodendron tulipifera and Acer rubrum as codominants. Canopy and subcanopy associates vary with geography and substrate, but may include Acer barbatum, Ilex opaca var. opaca, Aesculus sylvatica, Quercus nigra, Carya cordiformis, Platanus occidentalis, Betula nigra, Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana, Cornus florida, Crataegus flava, Fagus grandifolia, Juglans nigra, Morus rubra var. rubra, Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana, Oxydendrum arboreum, Pinus echinata, Prunus serotina var. serotina, Quercus alba, Quercus rubra var. rubra, Ulmus rubra, Ulmus americana, Ulmus alata, Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana, Nyssa sylvatica, Fraxinus americana, and Fraxinus pennsylvanica. The shrub layer often is well-developed and species include Euonymus americana, Lindera benzoin var. benzoin, Corylus americana, Viburnum acerifolium, Viburnum nudum var. nudum, Viburnum prunifolium, Viburnum rufidulum, Hamamelis virginiana, Asimina triloba, and Ilex decidua among others. Vines are prominent and species include Vitis rotundifolia, Apios americana, Campsis radicans, Aristolochia serpentaria, Bignonia capreolata, Dioscorea quaternata, Gelsemium sempervirens, Parthenocissus quinquefolia (= var. quinquefolia), Campsis radicans, Passiflora lutea, Smilax bona-nox, Smilax glauca (= var. glauca), Smilax hugeri, Smilax rotundifolia, and Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans. The herbaceous layer can be species-rich and often has good sedge development. Common species in this layer include Thalictrum thalictroides, Trillium cuneatum, Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum, Asplenium platyneuron var. platyneuron, Botrychium virginianum, Carex spp., Carex impressinervia, Carex striatula, Galium circaezans, Geum canadense, Polystichum acrostichoides, and Scutellaria integrifolia among many others. Soils are relatively acid. The exotics Microstegium vimineum, Ligustrum sinense, and Lonicera japonica may be common in examples of this alliance. This alliance is fairly common in the lower Piedmont of Georgia, as well as on small stream floodplains and bottoms in all of the Interior Low Plateau of Kentucky (except the Bluegrass region) where it is somewhat successional. Liriodendron tulipifera is dominant on disturbed areas of Kentucky and is common on well-drained floodplains of Kentucky without Liquidambar styraciflua. Conversely, Liriodendron tulipifera is absent in Ouachita - Ozark examples.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.18659.LIQUIDAMBARSTYR
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