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Quercus alba - Carya alba / Symplocos tinctoria / Mitchella repens Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus alba - Carya alba / Symplocos tinctoria / Mitchella repens Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This forest community is located on small mima mounds within floodplains or flatwoods environments of the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain of Arkansas, Texas, and possibly Louisiana. These mounds are topographically higher than the surrounding landscape and are found on somewhat coarser-textured soils. Dominant trees include <i>Quercus alba</i> and <i>Nyssa sylvatica</i> with <i>Acer rubrum var. rubrum</i> and <i>Carya alba</i>. Scattered <i>Pinus taeda</i> are often present, the density of which is dependent upon past disturbance. <i>Cornus florida</i> is the dominant understory tree, rarely with <i>Sassafras albidum</i>. <i>Symplocos tinctoria</i> and <i>Hamamelis virginiana</i> are the dominant shrubs with <i>Asimina triloba, Callicarpa americana</i> (disturbed mounds), and <i>Vaccinium arboreum</i> occurring as occasional shrubs. <i>Parthenocissus quinquefolia</i> is the usual woody vine occasionally with <i>Smilax bona-nox</i> and <i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>. Dominant herbaceous species include <i>Chasmanthium sessiliflorum</i>. The herbaceous layer can be sparse due to low light levels and litter build-up. <i>Mitchella repens</i> is the common ground cover. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35399.CEGL007980
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 Mima Mound Forest
  Translated: White Oak - Mockernut Hickory / Horsesugar / Partridgeberry Forest
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Carya alba / Symplocos tinctoria / Mitchella repens Forest
  Code: CEGL007980
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689973 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo