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Quercus alba - Carya alba / Oxydendrum arboreum - Ilex opaca / Gaylussacia frondosa - Symplocos tinctoria - Vaccinium stamineum Coastal Plain Forest | 4th Approximation 2009
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Name: Quercus alba - Carya alba / Oxydendrum arboreum - Ilex opaca / Gaylussacia frondosa - Symplocos tinctoria - Vaccinium stamineum Coastal Plain Forest
Reference: 4th Approximation 2009
Description: This association is a dry-mesic oak-hickory forest of Coastal Plain bluffs, dissected slopes, and isolated ridges. The canopy has Quercus alba generally most abundant. Carya alba, Quercus velutina, Quercus rubra, Quercus nigra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera, and Pinus taeda are frequent. The understory is dominated by varying combinations of Oxydendrum arboreum, Cornus florida, Ilex opaca, and Nyssa sylvatica, sometimes with Persea palustris or Magnolia virginiana, along with the canopy species. Frequent shrub species are Gaylussacia frondosa, Symplocos tinctoria, Vaccinium stamineum, Vaccinium tenellum, Hamamelis virginiana, and Styrax americanus. Other species include Morella cerifera, Callicarpa americana, and Vaccinium arboreum. Wetland species such as Ilex glabra or Clethra alnifolia are often present in small numbers. The herb layer is generally sparse, with Chasmanthium laxum, Mitchella repens, and Hexastylis arifolia the most frequent species. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:cvs.bio.unc.edu:commConcept:28539-{0D5545B1-E87D-4C97-9DAF-46A49A056339}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 9