Name:
Quercus lyrata - Quercus phellos - Ulmus americana / Rhynchospora spp. Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This community occurs in seasonally flooded depressions in old meander scars on second terraces of ancient Red River alluvial valleys. Microtopographic highs and lows (pimple mounds) are sometimes present. In these situations, this association occurs in the low areas between the mounds. It is not subject to riverine flooding. Characteristic canopy species include Quercus lyrata, Quercus phellos, Ulmus americana, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus nigra, Diospyros virginiana, Quercus stellata, Ulmus alata, Fraxinus caroliniana, and, less frequently, Salix nigra and Gleditsia aquatica. Herbaceous species are Polygonum hydropiperoides, Cardamine bulbosa, Amsonia tabernaemontana, Physostegia intermedia, Carex spp., Rhynchospora spp., Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. lasiocarpos, Chasmanthium laxum, Pluchea sp., Bidens aristosa, Juncus sp., Panicum spp., Lycopus virginicus, and Hypericum hypericoides.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.19926.QUERCUSLYRATAQU
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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