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Pinus taeda - (Pinus echinata) / Quercus michauxii / Thaspium barbinode Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus taeda - (Pinus echinata) / Quercus michauxii / Thaspium barbinode Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This dry-mesic Pinus taeda forest is found in eastern Texas in the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain. It occurs on an unusually steep, north-facing slope close to the Neches River, in Houston County, Texas. The community has calciphilic tendencies due to the underlying presence of the calcareous Weches Formation. Pinus taeda is the dominant overstory tree, but Pinus echinata is also quite common. The subcanopy abundance of Quercus michauxii is an extremely unusual feature of this community. Calciphilic indicators, including Acer barbatum, Ostrya virginiana, Fraxinus americana, and Cercis canadensis, are present, along with several caric sedges (Carex oxylepis, Carex caroliniana, Carex amphibola, Carex cephalophora, and Carex albicans var. australis (= Carex physorhyncha)). Thaspium barbinode may also be indicative of calciphilic conditions. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.21494.PINUSTAEDAPINUS
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 20-May-2002 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Loblolly Pine - (Shortleaf Pine) / Swamp Chestnut Oak / Hairy-jointed Meadow-parsnip Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686000 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL008582
  Scientific: Pinus taeda - (Pinus echinata) / Quercus michauxii / Thaspium barbinode Forest
  Common: Neches Bluff Pine/ Swamp Chestnut Oak Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus taeda - (Pinus echinata) / Quercus michauxii / Thaspium barbinode Forest