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Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos / Carya myristiciformis - Sabal minor / Carex cherokeensis Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos / Carya myristiciformis - Sabal minor / Carex cherokeensis Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This riparian forest occurs along the southwestern periphery of the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain in Texas. The canopy of this forest association is dominated by <i>Quercus nigra</i> and <i>Quercus phellos</i>, and is distinguished from other bottomland forests by the presence of <i>Quercus similis, Carya myristiciformis</i>, and <i>Ulmus crassifolia</i>. Midstory shrubs include <i>Ilex longipes, Crataegus viridis, Crataegus marshallii, Crataegus spathulata, Ulmus alata, Forestiera ligustrina, Fraxinus americana</i>, and <i>Ilex decidua</i>. The herbaceous layer dominants in plot samples in eastern Texas are <i>Carex cherokeensis</i> and <i>Poa autumnalis</i>. Other important herbaceous species are <i>Chasmanthium latifolium, Phanopyrum gymnocarpon, Dichanthelium commutatum, Elymus virginicus, Carex caroliniana</i>, and <i>Carex flaccosperma</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33385.CEGL007954
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.2.687911 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Circumneutral Water Oak - Willow Oak Floodplain Forest
  Translated: Water Oak - Willow Oak / Nutmeg Hickory - Dwarf Palmetto / Cherokee Sedge Forest
  Scientific: Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos / Carya myristiciformis - Sabal minor / Carex cherokeensis Forest
  Code: CEGL007954