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Quercus texana - Quercus lyrata Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus texana - Quercus lyrata Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This bottomland forest occurs in the floodplain of rivers and possibly large streams in parts of the West Gulf Coastal Plain and in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta and the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain. Canopy dominants are <i>Quercus lyrata, Quercus texana, Quercus nigra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Celtis laevigata var. laevigata, Ulmus americana, Fraxinus pennsylvanica</i>, and <i>Carya aquatica</i>. Depressions within the community may contain <i>Taxodium distichum</i> and <i>Nyssa aquatica</i>. Understory and shrub strata are sparse and include <i>Diospyros virginiana, Carpinus caroliniana, Ilex decidua</i>, and <i>Acer rubrum</i>. Common woody vines include <i>Bignonia capreolata, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Berchemia scandens, Toxicodendron radicans, Vitis rotundifolia</i>, and <i>Campsis radicans</i>. Ground cover is very sparse; species include <i>Carex</i> spp., <i>Saururus cernuus, Boehmeria cylindrica, Chasmanthium</i> sp., <i>Mitchella repens</i>, and <i>Polygonum</i> spp. Soils are organic dark brown silt loams including Perry clay. Duration of flooding is relatively long with lower spots being permanently saturated. Mature examples of this community have sparse shrub strata and a very sparse herbaceous layer. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35189.CEGL007407
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: Gulf Coastal Plain Nuttall Oak - Overcup Oak Bottomland Forest
  Translated: Nuttall Oak - Overcup Oak Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689018 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007407
  Scientific: Quercus texana - Quercus lyrata Forest