Name:
Quercus pagoda - Liquidambar styraciflua - Pinus taeda Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This temporarily flooded floodplain forest occurs along intermediate-sized streams (as well as some larger river systems) in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Louisiana and Texas. Its canopy dominants include Quercus pagoda, Liquidambar styraciflua, Pinus taeda, Quercus michauxii, and Quercus laurifolia. Other characteristic tree species include Carya glabra, Quercus similis, Ulmus alata, Ulmus americana, Fraxinus sp., Quercus alba, Nyssa sylvatica, and occasional Taxodium distichum. Understory trees include Carpinus caroliniana, Crataegus marshallii, Symplocos tinctoria, Ostrya virginiana, Ulmus alata, and (rarely) Acer leucoderme. Woody vines include Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Toxicodendron radicans, and Smilax rotundifolia. Shrubs may include Sambucus canadensis, Sebastiania fruticosa, and Ilex vomitoria. The herb stratum is sparse but can include Carex spp., Chasmanthium spp., Osmunda cinnamomea, Onoclea sensibilis, and others. Soils are silt loams. It has a longer hydroperiod than Fagus grandifolia - Pinus taeda - (Liquidambar styraciflua, Magnolia grandiflora, Quercus alba) Forest (CEGL007320). The type description is based on intermediate stream floodplains in central-northern Louisiana, but it is being applied more widely, including examples on larger rivers in Texas, such as the Neches. This type is presumed to be more prevalent outside the range of Magnolia grandiflora, but is presumed also to occur in parts of eastern Texas within that range.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.23712.QUERCUSPAGODALI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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