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Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra / Chasmanthium latifolium Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra / Chasmanthium latifolium Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This bottomland hardwood forest occurs along small rivers and streams within the historic coastal prairie matrix, now mostly in agriculture or pasture, that once covered the large parts of the Pleistocene terraces of the Beaumont, Lissie and possibly Willis formations of the upper Texas coast. It also occurs within the large bottomland hardwood system that spans the lower reaches of the Colorado, San Bernard and Brazos rivers (Columbia Bottomlands), where they traverse this historic coastal prairie matrix. The canopy may be codominated by Quercus virginiana and Quercus nigra or dominated solely by Quercus nigra. Other trees that may be present include Carya illinoinensis, Ulmus americana, Ulmus crassifolia, Celtis laevigata, and Platanus occidentalis within its range. Understory components include Ilex vomitoria, Crataegus spp., and Ilex decidua. The patchy herbaceous layer may include Calyptocarpus vialis, Chasmanthium latifolium, Elephantopus carolinianus, Elymus virginicus, Phanopyrum gymnocarpon (= Panicum gymnocarpon), Paspalum langei and Geum canadense. Characteristic woody lianas include Ampelopsis arborea, Campsis radicans, Cocculus carolinus, Smilax bona-nox, Toxicodendron radicans, and Vitis mustangensis. The exotics Poncirus trifoliata, Solanum capsicastrum and Triadica sebifera (= Sapium sebiferum) are also present in some examples.  Accession Code: VB.CC.20958.QUERCUSVIRGINIA Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Apr-1996 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra Saturated Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Live Oak - Water Oak / River-oats Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684976 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002107   Scientific: Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra / Chasmanthium latifolium Forest   Common: Water Oak - Live Oak Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra / Chasmanthium latifolium Forest