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Quercus lyrata / Betula nigra / Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus lyrata / Betula nigra / Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This forest is found in an apparently unique isolated upland depression of the Eastern Highland Rim of Tennessee. The only example of this seasonally flooded forest community is known from Sinking Pond, Coffee County, Tennessee; it is inundated for 6 months of the year in winter and spring. The water may be up to 4.5 m deep at its greatest depth. Soils are Fragiaquults of the Guthrie series. In areas of 1 m or greater depth, Quercus lyrata (up to 130 cm dbh) forms a nearly single-species community. In shallower areas other species may be found; these include Quercus phellos, Liquidambar styraciflua, Nyssa aquatica, Nyssa biflora, Betula nigra, Acer rubrum, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Styrax americanus, Photinia pyrifolia (= Aronia arbutifolia), and Campsis radicans. No herbaceous ground layer exists. Mosses, lichens and epiphytic Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana can often be found on tree trunks. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22984.QUERCUSLYRATABE
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Dec-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Overcup Oak / River Birch / Resurrection Fern Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686309 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004975
  Scientific: Quercus lyrata / Betula nigra / Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana Forest
  Common: Sinking Pond Overcup Oak Swamp
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(undetermined) Quercus lyrata / Betula nigra / Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana Forest