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Quercus virginiana - (Ilex vomitoria) Shrubland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus virginiana - (Ilex vomitoria) Shrubland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community is a salt-pruned maritime shrubland of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain, generally 0.5-3 m tall, with a single, extremely dense stratum, with <i>Quercus virginiana</i> dominant, and sometimes codominated by <i>Ilex vomitoria</i>. Other species may include <i>Smilax auriculata, Gelsemium sempervirens, Smilax bona-nox, Persea borbonia, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, Pinus taeda, Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola</i>, and <i>Sabal palmetto</i>. At the northern range limit in Virginia, <i>Sabal palmetto, Smilax auriculata</i>, and <i>Persea borbonia</i> are absent, and <i>Ilex vomitoria</i> is less common, while <i>Morella pensylvanica</i> is characteristic. Other associates at the northern range limit include <i>Spartina patens, Cyperus grayi, Lechea maritima var. maritima</i>, and others characteristic of nearby dune grasslands. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35380.CEGL003833
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:   Code: CEGL003833
  Translated: Live Oak - (Yaupon) Shrubland
  Scientific: Quercus virginiana - (Ilex vomitoria) Shrubland
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