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Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra / Chasmanthium latifolium Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra / Chasmanthium latifolium Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This bottomland hardwood forest occurs along small rivers and streams within the historic coastal prairie matrix, now mostly in agriculture or pasture, that once covered the large parts of the Pleistocene terraces of the Beaumont, Lissie and possibly Willis formations of the upper Texas coast. It also occurs within the large bottomland hardwood system that spans the lower reaches of the Colorado, San Bernard and Brazos rivers (Columbia Bottomlands), where they traverse this historic coastal prairie matrix. The canopy may be codominated by <i>Quercus virginiana</i> and <i>Quercus nigra</i> or dominated solely by <i>Quercus nigra</i>. Other trees that may be present include <i>Carya illinoinensis, Ulmus americana, Ulmus crassifolia, Celtis laevigata</i>, and <i>Platanus occidentalis</i> within its range. Understory components include <i>Ilex vomitoria, Crataegus</i> spp., and <i>Ilex decidua</i>. The patchy herbaceous layer may include <i>Calyptocarpus vialis, Chasmanthium latifolium, Elephantopus carolinianus, Elymus virginicus, Phanopyrum gymnocarpon (= Panicum gymnocarpon), Paspalum langei</i> and <i>Geum canadense</i>. Characteristic woody lianas include <i>Ampelopsis arborea, Campsis radicans, Cocculus carolinus, Smilax bona-nox, Toxicodendron radicans</i>, and <i>Vitis mustangensis</i>. The exotics <i>Poncirus trifoliata, Solanum capsicastrum</i> and <i>Triadica sebifera (= Sapium sebiferum)</i> are also present in some examples. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35480.CEGL002107
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
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Names:   Common: Water Oak - Live Oak Forest
  Translated: Live Oak - Water Oak / Indian Woodoats Forest
  Scientific: Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra / Chasmanthium latifolium Forest
  Code: CEGL002107
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