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Quercus texana - (Quercus lyrata) Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus texana - (Quercus lyrata) Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: These bottomland forests of the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain, West Gulf Coastal Plain, and Mobile-Tensaw Delta are dominated by Quercus texana and, often, Quercus lyrata. Associated woody species include Sassafras albidum, Taxodium distichum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Fraxinus profunda, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Celtis laevigata, Forestiera acuminata, Carya aquatica, and Gleditsia aquatica. Vines are common in these forests and species include Campsis radicans, Toxicodendron radicans, Ampelopsis arborea, Ampelopsis cordata, Berchemia scandens, and others. Among the herbaceous species that may be present are Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (= Aster lateriflorus), Justicia ovata, Laportea canadensis, and Leersia virginica. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.26749.QUERCUSTEXANAQU
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Quercus texana - (Quercus lyrata) Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance
  Translated: Nuttall Oak - (Overcup Oak) Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance
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  Code: A.331