Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Quercus virginiana - Magnolia grandiflora - Quercus pagoda - Celtis laevigata / Sabal minor Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
  click to update datacart
Name: Quercus virginiana - Magnolia grandiflora - Quercus pagoda - Celtis laevigata / Sabal minor Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association includes upland forests on loess-derived silt loams of coastal salt domes of Louisiana and upland forests on salt domes of coastal Texas on soils not derived from loess. The canopy in Louisiana occurrences is dominated by <i>Quercus virginiana, Magnolia grandiflora, Quercus pagoda, Ulmus americana, Celtis laevigata, Liquidambar styraciflua, Tilia americana var. caroliniana, Quercus nigra</i>, and <i>Carya glabra</i>. <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> is absent. A sparse shrub layer of <i>Sabal minor, Vitis rotundifolia, Smilax rotundifolia</i>, and the alien <i>Ardisia crenata</i> is present. <i>Quercus virginiana</i> typically codominates the closed canopy of this community in Texas. Other codominants can include <i>Carya illinoinensis</i> and <i>Celtis laevigata</i>, while <i>Magnolia grandiflora</i> is typically present but in smaller amounts. The epiphyte <i>Pleopeltis polypodioides (= Polypodium polypodioides)</i> is quite common in canopy trees. The patchy to dense understory consists of <i>Prunus caroliniana, Ilex vomitoria, Callicarpa americana</i>, and <i>Aesculus pavia</i>. The herb layer is typically sparse and includes <i>Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. setarius (= Oplismenus setarius), Sanicula canadensis, Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii (= Malvaviscus drummondii)</i>, and <i>Elephantopus carolinianus</i>. Common woody vines include <i>Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Toxicodendron radicans, Rubus</i> sp., <i>Ampelopsis arborea</i>, and <i>Smilax bona-nox</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33376.CEGL007467
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689498 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Gulf Coast Salt Dome Hardwood Forest
  Translated: Live Oak - Southern Magnolia - Cherrybark Oak - Sugarberry / Dwarf Palmetto Forest
  Scientific: Quercus virginiana - Magnolia grandiflora - Quercus pagoda - Celtis laevigata / Sabal minor Forest
  Code: CEGL007467