Name:
Quercus michauxii - Quercus (nigra, pagoda) - Liquidambar styraciflua - Pinus taeda Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This association is a hardwood - loblolly pine forest found in Louisiana's East Gulf Coastal Plain on flats of the Pleistocene Prairie Terrace that are overlain by loess. It is usually associated with the drier community ~<i>Quercus pagoda - Quercus (michauxii, shumardii) - Magnolia grandiflora - (Tilia americana var. caroliniana) / Sabal minor</i> Forest (CEGL007712)$$ in a complex of wetland and non-wetland forests occurring on interdigitated microtopographic highs and lows. The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus michauxii</i> with <i>Quercus nigra, Quercus phellos, Quercus pagoda, Quercus laurifolia, Liquidambar styraciflua, Pinus taeda, Pinus glabra, Magnolia grandiflora, Acer rubrum, Carya glabra, Liriodendron tulipifera, Nyssa sylvatica, Prunus serotina</i>, and others. <i>Quercus alba, Fagus grandifolia, Gleditsia triacanthos</i>, and <i>Fraxinus americana</i> are present in small amounts. The subcanopy and shrub strata include canopy species in addition to <i>Magnolia virginiana, Diospyros virginiana, Ilex opaca var. opaca, Ilex vomitoria, Halesia diptera, Carpinus caroliniana, Hamamelis virginiana, Sebastiania fruticosa, Symplocos tinctoria, Arundinaria gigantea</i>, and <i>Vaccinium elliottii</i>, with <i>Sabal minor</i> as a prominent component. Vines include <i>Berchemia scandens, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Toxicodendron radicans, Bignonia capreolata, Gelsemium sempervirens, Lonicera sempervirens, Smilax</i> spp., and <i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>. Ferns are diverse and abundant, including <i>Thelypteris palustris, Woodwardia areolata, Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis, Athyrium filix-femina, Polystichum acrostichoides</i>, and <i>Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana</i>. Other herbs may include <i>Arisaema dracontium, Arisaema triphyllum, Boehmeria cylindrica, Chasmanthium laxum, Carex</i> spp., and <i>Melanthium virginicum</i>, among others.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.35373.CEGL007715
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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