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Quercus michauxii - Quercus nigra - Pinus taeda / Carpinus caroliniana Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus michauxii - Quercus nigra - Pinus taeda / Carpinus caroliniana Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This is an association that was once prevalent along intermediate streams throughout much of the West Gulf Coastal Plain of west-central Louisiana within the range of <i>Magnolia grandiflora</i>. Typical canopy species include <i>Quercus michauxii, Quercus nigra, Pinus taeda, Magnolia grandiflora, Quercus pagoda, Magnolia virginiana, Acer rubrum</i>, and <i>Quercus laurifolia</i>. <i>Taxodium distichum</i> and <i>Nyssa aquatica</i> are present in depressional inclusions in the floodplain. The midstory is dominated by <i>Carpinus caroliniana</i>. <i>Toxicodendron radicans</i> is a common woody vine. Herb layer species include numerous <i>Carex</i> spp., <i>Cardamine bulbosa, Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata, Phanopyrum gymnocarpon (= Panicum gymnocarpon)</i>, and <i>Solidago patula var. strictula (= Solidago salicina)</i>. This type occurs in the floodplains of small to intermediate streams on acidic silty to sandy substrates, in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of central Louisiana. Characteristic examples occur on Loving Creek (Rapides Parish, Louisiana). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35372.CEGL007901
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: West Gulf Coastal Plain Swamp Chestnut Oak Small Stream Bottomland Forest
  Translated: Swamp Chestnut Oak - Water Oak - Loblolly Pine / American Hornbeam Forest
  Scientific: Quercus michauxii - Quercus nigra - Pinus taeda / Carpinus caroliniana Forest
  Code: CEGL007901
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686090 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo