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Catalpa bignonioides - Salix nigra / Brunnichia ovata / Eupatorium serotinum Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Catalpa bignonioides - Salix nigra / Brunnichia ovata / Eupatorium serotinum Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This sandbar community occurs along small rivers and large creeks in the Red Hills of Alabama (East Gulf Coastal Plain), and apparently also in adjacent portions of the East Gulf Coastal Plain. This forest / woodland / shrubland has a variable physiognomy in height and canopy closure, from 4-20 m in height, and from open to closed canopy. Catalpa bignonioides and Salix nigra are the dominant trees. Brunnichia ovata is abundant and forms tangles and festoons over trees and shrubs. Eupatorium serotinum is a characteristic herbaceous species. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.23372.CATALPABIGNONIO
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 29-Jun-2001 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Common: Gulf Coastal Plain Catalpa - Willow Forest
  Translated: Southern Catalpa - Black Willow / Ladies' Eardrops / Late Thoroughwort Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686672 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL008547
  Scientific: Catalpa bignonioides - Salix nigra / Brunnichia ovata / Eupatorium serotinum Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Catalpa bignonioides - Salix nigra / Brunnichia ovata / Eupatorium serotinum Forest