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A.376 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.376
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Bottomland forests dominated by ~Quercus virginiana$ and ~Celtis laevigata$, in the historic floodplain of the Mississippi River, and along the bayous of south Louisiana. Other characteristic species include ~Sabal minor, Quercus pagoda, Fraxinus americana$, and ~Liquidambar styraciflua$. There were formerly approximately 300,000 hectares of this natural levee type in Louisiana in the floodplains of most rivers, of which only approximately 4000-20,000 hectares remain. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2049.A376
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: I.C.2.N.b
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: QUERCUS VIRGINIANA - CELTIS LAEVIGATA - QUERCUS PAGODA TEMPORARILY FLOODED FOREST ALLIANCE
  Code: A.376
  Common: Live Oak - Sugarberry - Cherrybark Oak Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus virginiana - Celtis laevigata - Quercus pagoda Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance