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Quercus texana - Quercus lyrata Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus texana - Quercus lyrata Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This bottomland forest occurs in the floodplain of rivers and possibly large streams in parts of the West Gulf Coastal Plain and in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta and the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain. Canopy dominants are Quercus lyrata, Quercus texana, Quercus nigra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Celtis laevigata var. laevigata, Ulmus americana, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, and Carya aquatica. Depressions within the community may contain Taxodium distichum and Nyssa aquatica. Understory and shrub strata are sparse and include Diospyros virginiana, Carpinus caroliniana, Ilex decidua, and Acer rubrum. Common woody vines include Bignonia capreolata, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Berchemia scandens, Toxicodendron radicans, Vitis rotundifolia, and Campsis radicans. Ground cover is very sparse; species include Carex spp., Saururus cernuus, Boehmeria cylindrica, Chasmanthium sp., Mitchella repens, and Polygonum spp. Soils are organic dark brown silt loams including Perry clay. Duration of flooding is relatively long with lower spots being permanently saturated. Mature examples of this community have sparse shrub strata and a very sparse herbaceous layer. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.26748.QUERCUSTEXANAQU
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Jan-1995 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Nuttall Oak - Overcup Oak Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689018 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007407
  Common: Gulf Coastal Plain Nuttall Oak - Overcup Oak Bottomland Forest
  Scientific: Quercus texana - Quercus lyrata Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus texana - Quercus lyrata Forest