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Quercus pagoda - Quercus michauxii - Quercus alba / Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta - Sabal minor / Chasmanthium laxum Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus pagoda - Quercus michauxii - Quercus alba / Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta - Sabal minor / Chasmanthium laxum Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This oak flat forest occurs on moist to wet flats in interstream divides in regions of very subdued topographic relief in the outer Coastal Plain of South Carolina and likely Georgia. These communities never receive overland flooding from streams or rivers, though they may be affected by hurricane events. <i>Quercus pagoda</i> and <i>Quercus michauxii</i> are two of the most common canopy trees and characterize the community. Other canopy trees are <i>Quercus alba, Quercus virginiana, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus nigra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Acer rubrum, Pinus taeda</i>, and <i>Pinus glabra</i>. The subcanopy is not a well-developed stratum. The shrub stratum varies from dense to scattered and is characterized by <i>Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta</i> and <i>Sabal minor</i>, which may dominate alone or in combination, but both are almost always present. Other shrubs include <i>Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera var. cerifera), Symplocos tinctoria, Bignonia capreolata</i>, and sometimes minor amounts of <i>Ilex glabra, Lyonia lucida, Leucothoe axillaris</i>, and <i>Leucothoe racemosa</i>. The herb stratum is usually dominated by <i>Chasmanthium laxum</i>, sometimes also with substantial <i>Chasmanthium sessiliflorum</i>. Other herbs are <i>Osmunda cinnamomea, Woodwardia areolata, Juncus coriaceus</i>, and <i>Mitchella repens</i>. Patches of <i>Sphagnum</i> spp., especially <i>Sphagnum lescurii</i> occur in slight depressions. Hydrologically, the community lies near the conceptual boundary of upland and saturated communities; because of the very subdued topography, the water table is never far from the surface, and the ground is saturated for extended periods of time during the growing season. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35418.CEGL007849
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:   Translated: Cherrybark Oak - Swamp Chestnut Oak - White Oak / Switch Cane - Dwarf Palmetto / Slender Woodoats Forest
  Scientific: Quercus pagoda - Quercus michauxii - Quercus alba / Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta - Sabal minor / Chasmanthium laxum Forest
  Code: CEGL007849
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688018 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo