Name:
Quercus (pagoda, shumardii) - Liquidambar styraciflua / Verbesina virginica - Solidago auriculata Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This is a relatively broad concept intended to cover basic mesic (and dry-mesic) forests of terraces, slopes, and bluffs dominated or codominated by <i>Quercus pagoda</i> in the upper coastal plains (Gulf and Atlantic) of Alabama and Georgia, near the fall-line. This or very similar vegetation is also reported from the Piedmont of Georgia. The various sites where vegetation assigned here has been found appear to have a circumneutral character, as indicated by the vegetation, but the origin of the parent material may vary. This mesic forest community is restricted to circumneutral (calcareous?) soils associated with high terraces of the Chattahoochee River and adjacent slopes in the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain of Alabama and Georgia, as well as the fall-line in Georgia (Ocmulgee National Monument). Stands are typically dominated by some combination of <i>Quercus pagoda, Quercus shumardii</i>, and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. Other canopy trees include <i>Tilia americana var. caroliniana, Fraxinus americana, Quercus muehlenbergii, Acer barbatum, Quercus rubra, Ulmus rubra, Fagus grandifolia, Quercus alba, Quercus phellos, Liriodendron tulipifera, Carya glabra, Carya ovalis, Carya carolinae-septentrionalis</i>, and <i>Juglans nigra</i>. The subcanopy may contain <i>Halesia tetraptera, Ulmus alata, Acer leucoderme, Cercis canadensis, Cornus florida</i>, and <i>Ostrya virginiana</i>. Shrubs include <i>Staphylea trifolia, Acer leucoderme, Hydrangea quercifolia, Ulmus alata</i>, and <i>Aesculus pavia</i>. <i>Polystichum acrostichoides, Chasmanthium laxum</i>, and <i>Solidago auriculata</i> are common herbs. These forests are found on distinctly upland areas, although in close proximity to the river floodplains. In a stand assigned here from Broken Arrow Creek (Russell County, Alabama), the canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus muehlenbergii</i> and <i>Quercus shumardii</i>, and also contains <i>Quercus pagoda, Fagus grandifolia, Quercus rubra, Carya alba</i>, and <i>Fraxinus americana</i>.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.34846.CEGL008585
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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