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Quercus hemisphaerica - Quercus geminata / Persea borbonia - Osmanthus americanus Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus hemisphaerica - Quercus geminata / Persea borbonia - Osmanthus americanus Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This forest occurs on fire-protected islands of high ground surrounded by riverine swamps, and on slopes and bluffs where protected from fire. The canopy consists of Quercus hemisphaerica, Quercus geminata, Pinus taeda, Carya glabra, and Carya pallida. The subcanopy typically includes substantial Persea borbonia and Osmanthus americanus, and occasionally Magnolia virginiana. Typical shrubs and woody vines include Hamamelis virginiana, Serenoa repens, Vaccinium arboreum, Vaccinium elliottii, Bignonia capreolata, Symplocos tinctoria, Callicarpa americana, Gelsemium sempervirens, and Ilex vomitoria. Herbs are sparse, but may include dense patches of Carex dasycarpa. Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana and Tillandsia usneoides are common epiphytes. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22940.QUERCUSHEMISPHA
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Oct-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Sand Laurel Oak - Sand Live Oak / Redbay - Wild Olive Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687182 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004787
  Scientific: Quercus hemisphaerica - Quercus geminata / Persea borbonia - Osmanthus americanus Forest
  Common: Sand Laurel Oak - Sand Live Oak Hammock
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus hemisphaerica - Quercus geminata / Persea borbonia - Osmanthus americanus Forest