Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Quercus phellos - Nyssa biflora / Panicum hemitomon - Carex spp. - Woodwardia virginica Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
  click to update datacart
Name: Quercus phellos - Nyssa biflora / Panicum hemitomon - Carex spp. - Woodwardia virginica Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association represents oak/swamp tupelo-dominated upland depression ponds in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina and possibly adjacent states. Examples have open canopies which are typically dominated by a combination of <i>Quercus phellos</i> and <i>Nyssa biflora</i>, possibly with <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>, at least in the open subcanopy. <i>Pinus taeda</i> may be present and possibly codominant with the hardwoods, but it is not diagnostic nor an obligate component. These depression ponds are found in a matrix woodland dominated naturally by <i>Pinus palustris</i> or with <i>Pinus taeda</i> invasion with fire suppression. Shrubs are generally sparse and not particularly diagnostic of this community. The most characteristic component of the understory is a variable mix of <i>Panicum hemitomon</i>, various wetland sedges (e.g., <i>Carex joorii</i> and other taxa), and <i>Woodwardia virginica</i>. These ponds are important amphibian breeding areas. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34917.CEGL004104
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: Provisional
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.755395 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Depression Willow Oak - Swamp Tupelo Forest
  Translated: Willow Oak - Swamp Tupelo / Maidencane - Sedge species - Virginia Chainfern Forest
  Scientific: Quercus phellos - Nyssa biflora / Panicum hemitomon - Carex spp. - Woodwardia virginica Forest
  Code: CEGL004104