Name:
Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Quercus nigra - Pinus glabra / Viburnum dentatum Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This community is the mesic mixed hardwood - pine flatwoods of the southwestern Florida parishes of eastern Louisiana, and provisionally the 'live oak - pine - magnolia forest' of the marsh/swamp-fringing flatwoods of the southeastern Florida parishes, immediately south of the longleaf pine zone. This forest is found on broad low ridges in the flatwoods of the southwestern Florida parishes of Louisiana. Common trees in this flatwoods forest are Fagus grandifolia, Quercus nigra, Magnolia grandiflora, Quercus pagoda, Quercus michauxii, Pinus glabra, Pinus taeda, Carya glabra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera, Carya cordiformis, Ulmus americana, Ulmus alata, Quercus virginiana, Magnolia virginiana, Nyssa sylvatica, and Acer rubrum. Common small trees and shrubs are Viburnum dentatum, Carpinus caroliniana, Cornus florida, Halesia diptera, Symplocos tinctoria, Ostrya virginiana, Euonymus americana, Sebastiania fruticosa, Crataegus marshallii, Sambucus canadensis, Ilex vomitoria, Callicarpa americana, Ilex opaca, Vaccinium elliottii, and Vaccinium arboreum. Common woody vines are Vitis rotundifolia, Ampelopsis arborea, Berchemia scandens, Decumaria barbara, Smilax rotundifolia, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Bignonia capreolata, Campsis radicans, and Toxicodendron radicans. Common herbs include Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Polystichum acrostichoides, Thelypteris spp., Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema dracontium, Sanicula canadensis, Viola walteri, Chasmanthium laxum, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, and Boehmeria cylindrica.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.25846.FAGUSGRANDIFOLI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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