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Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This forest occurs on extensive interstream flats with fine-textured mineral soils. Hydrology is seasonally to nearly permanently saturated, with occasional ponding, and is maintained by a high water table rather than riverine or estuarine flooding. This community generally occurs in association with large peatlands, for example in the Great Dismal Swamp of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus michauxii, Quercus pagoda, Quercus laurifolia, Liquidambar styraciflua</i> (especially in logged examples), <i>Quercus nigra</i>, and <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> (on mesic microsites). Typical understory species are <i>Persea palustris, Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana, Asimina triloba, Ilex opaca var. opaca</i>, and <i>Acer rubrum</i>. The shrub layer is often dense and typically has species such as <i>Clethra alnifolia</i> and <i>Leucothoe axillaris</i> as dominants. <i>Vaccinium formosum, Itea virginica, Leucothoe racemosa, Sabal minor, Lindera benzoin var. benzoin</i>, and <i>Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta</i> are also often present. <i>Trillium pusillum var. virginianum</i> sometimes occurs in this community. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33390.CEGL007449
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.2.689725 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Swamp Chestnut Oak - Cherrybark Oak / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush - Coastal Doghobble Forest
  Scientific: Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Forest
  Code: CEGL007449