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Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos - (Pinus taeda) / Crataegus marshallii / Smilax smallii Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos - (Pinus taeda) / Crataegus marshallii / Smilax smallii Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This hydric forest community occurs in on broad, poorly drained, sandy flats between Quercus nigra forests and Quercus phellos flats on overflow bottoms on the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain of southern Arkansas. The canopy is moderately tall (80+ feet) and usually closed. Dominant trees include Quercus nigra and Quercus phellos commonly with Liquidambar styraciflua. Other overstory trees may include Pinus taeda and Ulmus americana. Pinus taeda was a common component of this forest type historically and stumps are extant. The understory is dominated by Ilex opaca with Crataegus marshallii and occasional Carpinus caroliniana, Diospyros virginiana, and Ilex decidua. Fraxinus pennsylvanica is common in the understory but no large trees are extant. Shrubs are uncommon. Many woody vines are present, including Berchemia scandens, Bignonia capreolata, Campsis radicans, Smilax bona-nox, Smilax rotundifolia, Smilax smallii, Toxicodendron radicans, and Vitis rotundifolia. The herbaceous layer is moderately dense and dominated by Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum. Oak leaf litter covers the soil but not deeply. This community is known from several sites in the Ouachita River Basin, and likely occurs throughout this area, and apparently related areas of the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain (e.g., Arkansas River) in Arkansas as well.  Accession Code: VB.CC.20498.QUERCUSNIGRAQUE Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 21-Dec-1999 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus (phellos, nigra, laurifolia) Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Water Oak - Willow Oak - (Loblolly Pine) / Parsleyleaf Haw / Lanceleaf Greenbrier Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685208 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL007985   Scientific: Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos - (Pinus taeda) / Crataegus marshallii / Smilax smallii Forest   Common: Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Temporarily Saturated Overflow Bottom Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos - (Pinus taeda) / Crataegus marshallii / Smilax smallii Forest