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Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos - (Pinus taeda) / Crataegus marshallii / Smilax smallii Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos - (Pinus taeda) / Crataegus marshallii / Smilax smallii Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This hydric forest community occurs in on broad, poorly drained, sandy flats between <i>Quercus nigra</i> forests and <i>Quercus phellos</i> flats on overflow bottoms on the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain of southern Arkansas. The canopy is moderately tall (80+ feet) and usually closed. Dominant trees include <i>Quercus nigra</i> and <i>Quercus phellos</i> commonly with <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. Other overstory trees may include <i>Pinus taeda</i> and <i>Ulmus americana</i>. <i>Pinus taeda</i> was a common component of this forest type historically and stumps are extant. The understory is dominated by <i>Ilex opaca</i> with <i>Crataegus marshallii</i> and occasional <i>Carpinus caroliniana, Diospyros virginiana</i>, and <i>Ilex decidua</i>. <i>Fraxinus pennsylvanica</i> is common in the understory but no large trees are extant. Shrubs are uncommon. Many woody vines are present, including <i>Berchemia scandens, Bignonia capreolata, Campsis radicans, Smilax bona-nox, Smilax rotundifolia, Smilax smallii, Toxicodendron radicans</i>, and <i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>. The herbaceous layer is moderately dense and dominated by <i>Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum</i>. Oak leaf litter covers the soil but not deeply. This community is known from several sites in the Ouachita River Basin, and likely occurs throughout this area, and apparently related areas of the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain (e.g., Arkansas River) in Arkansas as well. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35324.CEGL007985
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: Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Temporarily Saturated Overflow Bottom Forest
  Translated: Water Oak - Willow Oak - (Loblolly Pine) / Parsley Hawthorn / Lanceleaf Greenbrier Forest
  Scientific: Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos - (Pinus taeda) / Crataegus marshallii / Smilax smallii Forest
  Code: CEGL007985
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685208 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo