Name:
A.442
Reference:
EcoArt 2002
Description:
Vegetation in this alliance has a very restricted distribution; these communities are fire-sheltered forests of poorly drained flatwoods of the Coastal Plain of southwestern portion of the Florida Parishes of southeastern Louisiana. Characteristic canopy trees include ~Pinus glabra, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus phellos, Quercus michauxii, Quercus nigra, Quercus pagoda, Quercus virginiana, Pinus taeda, Nyssa biflora, Nyssa sylvatica, Magnolia grandiflora, Salix nigra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Carya glabra, Acer rubrum$, and ~Fraxinus pennsylvanica$. Understory trees and shrubs include ~Crataegus opaca$ and ~Sabal minor$ (often very abundant or dominant), ~Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Diospyros virginiana, Cornus foemina, Crataegus viridis, Ilex opaca var. opaca, Ilex decidua, Itea virginica, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera), Sambucus canadensis, Styrax americanus$, and ~Viburnum dentatum$. Woody vines include ~Ampelopsis arborea, Berchemia scandens, Brunnichia ovata, Campsis radicans, Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans, Smilax glauca, Smilax rotundifolia$, and ~Vitis rotundifolia$. Herbs include ~Boehmeria cylindrica, Carex$ spp., ~Chasmanthium latifolium, Chasmanthium laxum, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Cyperus$ spp., ~Gratiola virginiana, Hygrophila lacustris, Juncus$ spp., ~Justicia ovata, Ludwigia$ spp., ~Lycopus rubellus, Lycopus virginicus, Lysimachia radicans, Onoclea sensibilis, Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis, Phanopyrum gymnocarpon, Polygonum$ spp., ~Rhynchospora$ spp., ~Sabatia calycina, Saccharum giganteum, Saururus cernuus, Scirpus cyperinus, Scirpus$ spp., ~Solidago gigantea, Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens, Triadenum walteri, Vernonia gigantea$, and ~Woodwardia areolata$. Known associations in this alliance occur on calcareous and high-sodium soils. This vegetation occurs on hydric, acidic silt loams (Encrow, Gilbert, and Springfield series), on broad, low flats, in small to large depressional areas, and along small, intermittent, ill-defined drainages ('slashes'), on the Pleistocene prairie terraces in the southwestern portion of the Florida Parishes of southeastern Louisiana.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.2102.A442
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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