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Quercus alba - Quercus nigra - Quercus falcata / Ilex opaca / Clethra alnifolia - Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus alba - Quercus nigra - Quercus falcata / Ilex opaca / Clethra alnifolia - Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community occurs on submesic Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain bluffs. The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus alba, Quercus nigra, Quercus falcata</i>, with lesser amounts of <i>Carya pallida, Nyssa sylvatica</i>, and others. Additional species which may be present as common components primarily as a result of disturbance include <i>Pinus taeda, Acer rubrum var. rubrum</i>, and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. The subcanopy includes canopy species as well as <i>Ilex opaca var. opaca, Oxydendrum arboreum</i>, and <i>Cornus florida</i>. The shrub layer is often dense and is dominated by <i>Clethra alnifolia</i> and <i>Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35629.CEGL007862
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: Atlantic Coastal Plain Submesic White Oak Bluff Forest
  Translated: White Oak - Water Oak - Southern Red Oak / American Holly / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush - Switch Cane Forest
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Quercus nigra - Quercus falcata / Ilex opaca / Clethra alnifolia - Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta Forest
  Code: CEGL007862
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683676 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo