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Quercus alba - Quercus nigra / Ostrya virginiana / Sabal minor Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus alba - Quercus nigra / Ostrya virginiana / Sabal minor Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community occurs on mesic, circumneutral slopes in eastern Texas. The canopy is dominated by Quercus alba, Liquidambar styraciflua, and Quercus nigra with lesser amounts of Tilia americana var. caroliniana (= Tilia caroliniana) and Pinus taeda present. The subcanopy is dominated by Ostrya virginiana, Ilex opaca, Platanus occidentalis, and Morus rubra. Sabal minor, Forestiera ligustrina, and Arundinaria gigantea are the dominant shrub species. The understory includes Polystichum acrostichoides, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Cocculus carolinus, Bignonia capreolata, Berchemia scandens, Sanicula canadensis, Passiflora lutea, Elephantopus tomentosus, Dichanthelium boscii, Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. setarius (= Oplismenus setarius), Smallanthus uvedalius, and Thelypteris kunthii. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.20742.QUERCUSALBAQUER
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-May-2002 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: White Oak - Water Oak / Eastern Hop-hornbeam / Dwarf Palmetto Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685263 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL008581
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Quercus nigra / Ostrya virginiana / Sabal minor Forest
  Common: Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Subcalcareous White Oak - Dwarf Palmetto Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus alba - Quercus nigra / Ostrya virginiana / Sabal minor Forest