Name:
Liquidambar styraciflua - Quercus laurifolia / Magnolia virginiana / Carex lonchocarpa Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
These forests occur on flat, low seepage areas in the southeastern Coastal Plain. The soil is a very poorly drained clay loam with organic material or peat development. This environment is nearly constantly saturated, but it is only rarely flooded. These forests have well-developed canopy, subcanopy, shrub, herbaceous, and vine/liana strata. The canopy is dominated by Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus laurifolia, and Acer rubrum. These species are dominant in the subcanopy as well, along with Magnolia virginiana, Ilex opaca var. opaca, and Carpinus caroliniana. Other species that may be present in these strata include Ulmus americana, Ulmus alata, and Salix nigra. The shrub layer contains Acer rubrum, Magnolia virginiana, Ilex decidua, Arundinaria gigantea, and other species. Herbaceous dominants include Saururus cernuus, Carex debilis, Carex intumescens, Carex lonchocarpa, Dichanthelium sp., and Hypericum sp. Other herbaceous species of this community are Asclepias perennis, Boehmeria cylindrica, Onoclea sensibilis, Viola affinis, Viola X primulifolia, Commelina communis, Mitchella repens, Leersia lenticularis, and others. This community currently is known only from the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.24344.LIQUIDAMBARSTYR
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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