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Taxodium distichum - Fraxinus pennsylvanica Gallery Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Taxodium distichum - Fraxinus pennsylvanica Gallery Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This is a streamside gallery forest dominated by <i>Taxodium distichum</i> with <i>Fraxinus pennsylvanica</i> usually occurring as the second most important canopy species. It forms a very narrow band along deeply incised (15 feet) stretches of Linnville Bayou and possibly other streams in the Caney Creek and Colorado, San Bernard and Brazos river drainages within the Coastal Plain of Texas. Cypress knees to a height of 4 feet are common in the creek bed. There is no significant mid- or understory though <i>Cephalanthus occidentalis</i> and <i>Sabal minor</i> do occur. <i>Boehmeria cylindrica</i> and <i>Saururus cernuus</i> may be present in the ground layer which is sparse, highly disturbed by flooding and may have areas of standing water. Deep alluvial soils are usually saturated and periodically inundated during flood events. The surrounding forests include ~<i>Quercus virginiana / Ilex vomitoria - Sabal minor / Carex cherokeensis - Malvaviscus arboreus</i> var. <i>drummondii</i> Forest (CEGL007830)$$ and ~<i>Ulmus crassifolia - Carya illinoinensis - Celtis laevigata / Chasmanthium sessiliflorum - Carex cherokeensis</i> Forest (CEGL002388)$$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35066.CEGL007928
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:   Common: Columbia Bottomlands Bald-cypress Forest
  Translated: Bald-cypress - Green Ash Gallery Forest
  Scientific: Taxodium distichum - Fraxinus pennsylvanica Gallery Forest
  Code: CEGL007928
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687026 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo