Name:
Pinus taeda - Liquidambar styraciflua - Acer rubrum Saturated Forest Alliance
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
Forests in this alliance are successional on Coastal Plain nonriverine flats and often result from logging, fire suppression, and hydrologic alteration; or occur on the backside of dunes on barrier islands. The canopies of stands are dominated by Pinus taeda, Liquidambar styraciflua, and Acer rubrum. Characteristic species vary with geography and habitat, and include Acer rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Nyssa sylvatica, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Magnolia virginiana, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus nigra, Quercus michauxii, Quercus pagoda, and Quercus alba. Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta occurs in dense, or sometimes patchy, stands within one association in the Outer Coastal Plain of Virginia and North Carolina. Other shrubs of this alliance include Clethra alnifolia, Vaccinium formosum, Vaccinium fuscatum, Smilax rotundifolia, Smilax glauca, Ilex opaca, Ilex glabra, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera var. cerifera), Persea palustris, Leucothoe racemosa, Vaccinium elliottii, Callicarpa americana, and Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans. Locally, Lyonia lucida and Asimina triloba may occur, as well. Herbaceous species are sparse to essentially lacking, but can include Woodwardia areolata, Woodwardia virginica, Osmunda cinnamomea, and Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis. Quercus nigra is an important canopy component of this vegetation in Mississippi (R. Wieland pers. comm.).
Accession Code:
VB.CC.28475.PINUSTAEDALIQUI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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