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Quercus phellos - Quercus similis - Pinus palustris / Crataegus spp. / Carex cherokeensis Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus phellos - Quercus similis - Pinus palustris / Crataegus spp. / Carex cherokeensis Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This seasonally saturated forest type is described from a restricted area in the lower South Atlantic Coastal Plain of Georgia. It occurs along flat or gently sloping environments often near seasonally flooded bottomlands and grading up into <i>Pinus palustris</i>-dominated flatwoods. Known examples of this type have been found over soils of the Meggett Series, a very deep, poorly drained calcareous soil with a high base saturation. These soils maintain a seasonally high water table that allows for more hydric species in this community. Because of the slow permeability associated with these soils, stands of this type are subject to some ponding after rain events. Calcium carbonate and often shell fragments are present in the soil and alter soil chemistry, allowing for some calciphilic species in this community. It is likely that soils of this vegetation overlay coquina limestone, also referred to locally as "marl." These wet flatwoods forests are often dominated by <i>Quercus phellos, Quercus </i><i>similis</i> (rare in Georgia), <i>Pinus palustris</i>, and <i>Pinus taeda</i>. Typical shrubs include <i>Crataegus</i> spp., <i>Diospyros virginiana, Sabal</i> spp., <i>Callicarpa americana, Hypericum hypericoides, Viburnum obovatum, Ilex</i> spp., and <i>Morella cerifera</i>. The herbaceous layer is often dense with grass and sedge species. The presence of <i>Pinus palustris</i>, an often-dense graminoid cover, and proximity to fire-maintained <i>Pinus palustris</i>-dominated flatwoods suggests that historically, low-intensity fires may have played an important role in maintaining this natural community.  Accession Code: VB.CC.34795.CEGL004831 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.2.835388 NatureServe Explorer   Common: South Atlantic Mixed Oak-Pine Calcareous Flatwoods Forest   Translated: Willow Oak - Bottomland Post Oak - Longleaf Pine / Hawthorn species / Cherokee Sedge Forest   Scientific: Quercus phellos - Quercus similis - Pinus palustris / Crataegus spp. / Carex cherokeensis Forest   Code: CEGL004831