Name:
Quercus alba - Carya (alba, ovata) - Liriodendron tulipifera - (Quercus phellos) / Cornus florida Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This community is associated with lower, more mesic slopes and higher floodplain terraces of major creeks in the Interior Low Plateau and Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain of Tennessee and possibly adjacent states. The dominant canopy species include Quercus alba, Liriodendron tulipifera, Liquidambar styraciflua, and/or Quercus phellos, as well as Acer rubrum, Carya alba, Carya ovata, Juglans nigra, Quercus nigra, and Ulmus americana. Some earlier-successional examples may exhibit relative dominance by Liriodendron and/or Liquidambar rather than Quercus and/or Carya. The subcanopy is typically well-developed with canopy species, as well as Cornus florida, Prunus serotina, Nyssa sylvatica, and Platanus occidentalis. The shrub strata may include Lindera benzoin, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Euonymus americana, Asimina triloba, Carpinus caroliniana, Rhododendron canescens, Ilex opaca, and Toxicodendron radicans. The herbaceous layer is often well-developed (up to 90% cover in a 20x20-m plot) but can also be rather sparse. Dominant herbs may include Thelypteris noveboracensis, Osmunda cinnamomea, Osmunda regalis, Polystichum acrostichoides, Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Boehmeria cylindrica, Chasmanthium laxum, Poa sylvestris, and Carex intumescens. The exotic grass Microstegium vimineum may also be dominant in some occurrences.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.21770.QUERCUSALBACARY
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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