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Quercus muehlenbergii - Carya spp. / Ostrya virginiana Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus muehlenbergii - Carya spp. / Ostrya virginiana Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This dry-mesic to mesic chinquapin oak - mixed oak-hickory forest association is found in the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain of Tennessee. It has been documented at Shiloh National Military Park (Hardin County, Tennessee). The canopy is dominated by a mixture of Quercus muehlenbergii, Quercus alba, and Quercus velutina, with Fraxinus americana and Juglans nigra in smaller amounts or in the understory. Carya spp. are prominent in the canopy and subcanopy, including Carya ovata, Carya ovalis, Carya alba, and Carya glabra. All the lower woody strata contain substantial Ostrya virginiana. The one stand sampled is near an ancient (Woodland Period) Native American mound complex very near the Tennessee River. The vegetation could be influenced by shells and shell fragments in the soil. The site could be a former shell midden, but this has not been investigated. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22006.QUERCUSMUEHLENB
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 03-Sep-2002 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Chinquapin Oak - Hickory species / Eastern Hop-hornbeam Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686106 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003903
  Scientific: Quercus muehlenbergii - Carya spp. / Ostrya virginiana Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain Forest
  Common: Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain Chinquapin Oak - Mixed Oak-Hickory Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus muehlenbergii - Carya spp. / Ostrya virginiana Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain Forest