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Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos / Carya myristiciformis - Sabal minor / Carex cherokeensis Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos / Carya myristiciformis - Sabal minor / Carex cherokeensis Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This riparian forest occurs along the southwestern periphery of the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain in Texas. The canopy of this forest association is dominated by Quercus nigra and Quercus phellos, and is distinguished from other bottomland forests by the presence of Quercus similis, Carya myristiciformis, and Ulmus crassifolia. Midstory shrubs include Ilex longipes, Crataegus viridis, Crataegus marshallii, Crataegus spathulata, Ulmus alata, Forestiera ligustrina, Fraxinus americana, and Ilex decidua. The herbaceous layer dominants in plot samples in eastern Texas are Carex cherokeensis and Poa autumnalis. Other important herbaceous species are Chasmanthium latifolium, Phanopyrum gymnocarpon, Dichanthelium commutatum, Elymus virginicus, Carex caroliniana, and Carex flaccosperma. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.25488.QUERCUSNIGRAQUE
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 15-Dec-1999 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Water Oak - Willow Oak / Nutmeg Hickory - Dwarf Palmetto / Cherokee Sedge Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687911 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Scientific: Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos / Carya myristiciformis - Sabal minor / Carex cherokeensis Forest
  Code: CEGL007954
  Common: Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Circumneutral Water Oak - Willow Oak Floodplain Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos / Carya myristiciformis - Sabal minor / Carex cherokeensis Forest