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Quercus phellos - Quercus alba / Vaccinium fuscatum - (Viburnum nudum) / Carex (barrattii, intumescens) Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus phellos - Quercus alba / Vaccinium fuscatum - (Viburnum nudum) / Carex (barrattii, intumescens) Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association encompasses forests of poorly drained shallow upland depressions on very flat landscapes of loess soils overlying Fort Payne Formation cherty limestone in the Eastern Highland Rim of Tennessee. These shallow depressions, often found at streamheads, are seasonally wet (mostly during winter and early spring) with a shallow, perched water table but tend to be dry in late summer and early fall. The canopy is dominated by Quercus phellos and Quercus nigra, and Quercus alba in varying amounts depending on position. Also present are Liquidambar styraciflua, Acer rubrum var. trilobum, and Nyssa sylvatica. The subcanopy is composed of the canopy species, with Acer rubrum var. trilobum being the most prominent. The shrub stratum is characteristically dense (ranging from 20-90% cover in a 20x20-m plot), with Vaccinium fuscatum, Viburnum nudum var. nudum, Photinia pyrifolia (= Aronia arbutifolia), Rhododendron canescens, and Hypericum hypericoides. Herbaceous density and diversity are largely regulated by the duration and depth of seasonal flooding and summer drought. The herb layer typically contains Carex spp. (Carex joorii, Carex debilis, Carex intumescens, Carex caroliniana, Carex complanata), including the disjunct Carex barrattii in some examples. Also found are Osmunda cinnamomea, Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis, Thelypteris noveboracensis, Chimaphila maculata, and Mitchella repens. Polytrichum commune and Sphagnum spp. are common. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.23040.QUERCUSPHELLOSQ
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Feb-1995 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Willow Oak - White Oak / Black Highbush Blueberry - (Wild Raisin) / (Barratt's Sedge, Bladder Sedge) Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686910 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007364
  Scientific: Quercus phellos - Quercus alba / Vaccinium fuscatum - (Viburnum nudum) / Carex (barrattii, intumescens) Forest
  Common: Barrens Depression Willow Oak Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus phellos - Quercus alba / Vaccinium fuscatum - (Viburnum nudum) / Carex (barrattii, intumescens) Forest