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Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This forest occurs on extensive interstream flats with fine-textured mineral soils. Hydrology is seasonally to nearly permanently saturated, with occasional ponding, and is maintained by high water table rather than riverine or estuarine flooding. This community generally occurs in association with large peatlands, for example in the Great Dismal Swamp of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The canopy is dominated by Quercus michauxii, Quercus pagoda, Quercus laurifolia, Liquidambar styraciflua (especially in logged examples), Quercus nigra, and Fagus grandifolia (on mesic microsites). Typical understory species are Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana, Asimina triloba, Ilex opaca var. opaca, and Acer rubrum. The shrub layer is often dense, and typically has species such as Clethra alnifolia and Leucothoe axillaris as dominants. Vaccinium formosum, Itea virginica, Leucothoe racemosa, Sabal minor, Lindera benzoin var. benzoin, and Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta are also often present. Trillium pusillum var. virginianum sometimes occurs in this community.  Accession Code: VB.CC.25714.QUERCUSMICHAUXI Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda Saturated Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Swamp Chestnut Oak - Cherrybark Oak / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush - Coastal Doghobble Forest   UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.126566 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL007449   Scientific: Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Forest