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Quercus alba - Quercus nigra / Ostrya virginiana / Sabal minor Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus alba - Quercus nigra / Ostrya virginiana / Sabal minor Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community occurs on mesic, circumneutral slopes in eastern Texas. The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus alba, Liquidambar styraciflua</i>, and <i>Quercus nigra</i> with lesser amounts of <i>Tilia americana var. caroliniana (= Tilia caroliniana)</i> and <i>Pinus taeda</i> present. The subcanopy is dominated by <i>Ostrya virginiana, Ilex opaca, Platanus occidentalis</i>, and <i>Morus rubra</i>. <i>Sabal minor, Forestiera ligustrina</i>, and <i>Arundinaria gigantea</i> are the dominant shrub species. The understory includes <i>Polystichum acrostichoides, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Cocculus carolinus, Bignonia capreolata, Berchemia scandens, Sanicula canadensis, Passiflora lutea, Elephantopus tomentosus, Dichanthelium boscii, Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. setarius (= Oplismenus setarius), Smallanthus uvedalius</i>, and <i>Thelypteris kunthii</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35415.CEGL008581
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: Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Subcalcareous White Oak / Dwarf Palmetto Forest
  Translated: White Oak - Water Oak / Hophornbeam / Dwarf Palmetto Forest
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Quercus nigra / Ostrya virginiana / Sabal minor Forest
  Code: CEGL008581
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685263 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo