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Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex opaca var. opaca / Viburnum dentatum Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex opaca var. opaca / Viburnum dentatum Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This forest occurs in the outer Coastal Plain of Louisiana, on natural levees and terraces of the former channels of the Mississippi River, closely associated with the more upland forest type, ~<i>Quercus virginiana - Quercus pagoda - Magnolia grandiflora / Cornus florida / Sanicula</i> sp. Forest (CEGL007469)$$. This forest occurs in lower, wetter portions of these flats, where water pools following rains. The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus virginiana, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus nigra, Celtis laevigata, Ulmus americana</i>, and <i>Quercus pagoda</i>. The open understory consists of <i>Ilex opaca var. opaca</i> and <i>Morus rubra</i>. The shrub stratum is locally dense, and dominated by <i>Viburnum dentatum</i>, with other shrubs and woody vines including <i>Ampelopsis arborea, Ilex decidua, Berchemia scandens, Toxicodendron radicans, Callicarpa americana</i>, and <i>Sambucus canadensis</i>. Herbs are few, except epiphytic <i>Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35482.CEGL007476
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: Live Oak - Water Oak - Sweetgum / American Holly / Southern Arrow-wood Forest
  Scientific: Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex opaca var. opaca / Viburnum dentatum Forest
  Code: CEGL007476
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687254 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo