Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Quercus alba - Quercus nigra - Carya pallida - (Quercus pagoda) / Magnolia (grandiflora, macrophylla) Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
  click to update datacart
Name: Quercus alba - Quercus nigra - Carya pallida - (Quercus pagoda) / Magnolia (grandiflora, macrophylla) Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This is a mesic Southern Mixed Hardwood Forest found on midslopes in the East Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi and possibly other states. The canopy contains a diverse assemblage of hardwoods such as <i>Quercus alba, Quercus nigra, Quercus hemisphaerica, Liriodendron tulipifera, Carya pallida, Fraxinus americana</i>, and <i>Ulmus americana</i>. Scattered individuals of <i>Pinus taeda</i> may be present in the canopy, but do not typically contribute 25% or more to the canopy. In addition to individuals of the canopy species, <i>Magnolia macrophylla</i> may be prominent in the subcanopy; along with <i>Magnolia grandiflora</i> and other mesic-affiliated species of the region. A diverse shrub layer is also generally present, and woody vines are typically prominent. <i>Arundinaria gigantea</i> may also be prominent in some examples. The herbaceous layer may be rather sparse to well-developed, containing species such as <i>Polystichum acrostichoides, Smilax pumila, Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Aristolochia serpentaria, Dioscorea villosa</i>, and <i>Chasmanthium sessiliflorum</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35630.CEGL004775
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: East Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Mixed Oak Forest
  Translated: White Oak - Water Oak - Sand Hickory - (Cherrybark Oak) / (Southern Magnolia, Bigleaf Magnolia) Forest
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Quercus nigra - Carya pallida - (Quercus pagoda) / Magnolia (grandiflora, macrophylla) Forest
  Code: CEGL004775
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686741 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo