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Quercus alba - Quercus (michauxii, nigra) / Ilex opaca / Chasmanthium laxum Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus alba - Quercus (michauxii, nigra) / Ilex opaca / Chasmanthium laxum Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This forest occurs on slight upland rises in a very flat, wet landscape, in the Outer Coastal Plain of southeastern South Carolina and possibly eastern Georgia. The canopy is characterized by the presence of <i>Quercus alba, Quercus nigra</i>, and <i>Quercus falcata</i>. Other canopy trees include <i>Quercus pagoda, Pinus taeda, Pinus glabra, Carya glabra, Carya alba, Fagus grandifolia</i>, and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. The subcanopy may include <i>Fagus grandifolia, Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana, Cornus florida, Persea palustris, Magnolia grandiflora</i>, and (rarely) <i>Ostrya virginiana</i>. The shrub stratum includes <i>Symplocos tinctoria, Ilex vomitoria, Vaccinium tenellum</i>, and <i>Leucothoe axillaris</i>. The herb stratum is sparse and includes <i>Chasmanthium laxum, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia, Mitchella repens, Smilax pumila</i>, and <i>Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35341.CEGL007845
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: South Atlantic Coastal Plain Oak Flatwoods Forest
  Translated: White Oak - (Swamp Chestnut Oak, Water Oak) / American Holly / Slender Woodoats Forest
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Quercus (michauxii, nigra) / Ilex opaca / Chasmanthium laxum Forest
  Code: CEGL007845
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684856 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo