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Quercus virginiana - Ilex vomitoria - (Morella cerifera) Shrubland Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus virginiana - Ilex vomitoria - (Morella cerifera) Shrubland Alliance
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This alliance consists of upland maritime dune shrublands of southeastern Coastal Plain (southern, mid-Atlantic, and Gulf coasts). Vegetation of this alliance is characteristically 0.5-3 m tall, typically with a single, extremely dense stratum, with Quercus virginiana dominant or codominant, and often also with species such as Ilex vomitoria, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera), Quercus geminata (in range), Serenoa repens (in range), Smilax auriculata, Prunus caroliniana, Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola, Smilax bona-nox, Persea borbonia, and Zanthoxylum clava-herculis. It occupies linear strands on frontal dune ridges and on the leeward sides and tops of rear dunes, where it is protected from salt-water flooding and extreme salt spray. It also occurs on low dunes and rises on the back sides of barrier islands, as upland rises associated with Juncus roemerianus marshes. Examples of this vegetation in Mississippi contain Baccharis halimifolia. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.19087.QUERCUSVIRGINIA
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 virginiana - Ilex vomitoria - (Morella cerifera) Shrubland Alliance
  Translated: Live Oak - Yaupon - (Wax-myrtle) Shrubland Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.126115 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.785