Name:
CEGL004196
Reference:
UNKNOWN
Description:
: This forest is found on well-developed alluvial floodplains and terraces along major streams and rivers in the Lampasas Cutplain in central Texas. Soils are deep, variable in texture and poorly drained to well-drained. Typically, Quercus macrocarpa (bur oak) and Carya illinoinensis (pecan) codominate the canopy of this forest. Other characteristic canopy trees may include a variable mixture of Ulmus crassifolia (cedar elm), Ulmus americana (American elm), Celtis laevigata (sugarberry) var. laevigata, Celtis laevigata var. texana (Texan sugarberry), Juniperus virginiana (eastern redcedar), Morus rubra (red mulberry), and Juglans nigra (black walnut). The midstory includes many canopy species and some small trees, including Cornus drummondii (roughleaf dogwood), Frangula caroliniana (Carolina buckthorn), Ilex decidua (possumhaw), and Sideroxylon lanuginosum (gum bully). The understory, which can be dense in patches, may include many of the above plus Forestiera pubescens (stretchberry), Viburnum rufidulum (rusty blackhaw), and Ptelea trifoliata (common hoptree). Components of the sparse to patchy ground cover include Geum canadense (white avens), Sanicula canadensis (Canadian blacksnakeroot), Ruellia drummondiana (Drummond's wild petunia), Ruellia humilis (fringeleaf wild petunia), Chasmanthium latifolium (Indian woodoats), Galium circaezans (licorice bedstraw), Desmodium tweedyi (Tweedy's ticktrefoil), Verbesina virginica (white crownbeard), Vernonia baldwinii (Baldwin's ironweed), Desmodium paniculatum (panicledleaf ticktrefoil), and Cocculus carolinus (Carolina coralbead). Vines, including Toxicodendron radicans (eastern poison ivy), Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper), Smilax rotundifolia (roundleaf greenbrier), Smilax bona-nox (saw greenbrier), and Vitis cinerea (graybark grape), are a common component of this association and are typically present in all strata.
Accession Code:
VB.cc.29752.CEGL004196
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
5
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