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Quercus laurifolia - Nyssa biflora / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus laurifolia - Nyssa biflora / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This forest occurs in wetter sloughs associated with Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Forest (CEGL007449), on extensive flats with high water table providing seasonally to semipermanently saturated (and rarely flooded) conditions. The canopy is dominated by Quercus laurifolia, with lesser amounts of Nyssa biflora and Acer rubrum var. trilobum often present as well. Clethra alnifolia and Leucothoe axillaris are typical shrubs. This forest is believed to occur from Virginia to Georgia, in the Atlantic Coastal Plain. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.21056.QUERCUSLAURIFOL
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Code: CEGL007447
  Translated: Diamondleaf Oak - Swamp Blackgum / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush - Coastal Doghobble Forest
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  Scientific: Quercus laurifolia - Nyssa biflora / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus laurifolia - Nyssa biflora / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Forest