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Pinus taeda - (Pinus echinata) - Quercus alba - Carya alba / Acer barbatum - (Acer leucoderme) Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus taeda - (Pinus echinata) - Quercus alba - Carya alba / Acer barbatum - (Acer leucoderme) Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This mixed forest of the West Gulf Coastal Plain occurs in a fairly narrow geographic zone on both sides of the Sabine River where it is confined to rich, mesic, calcareous slopes and stream bottoms. The canopy of this forest is dominated by both <i>Pinus taeda</i> and mixed hardwoods; these include <i>Quercus alba, Fraxinus americana, Carya alba, Quercus shumardii, Carya texana</i>, and sometimes some <i>Fagus grandifolia</i>. The tall-shrub stratum is patchy and includes canopy saplings and <i>Ilex opaca, Ilex longipes, Ilex vomitoria, Acer leucoderme, Acer barbatum, Crataegus marshallii, Crataegus spathulata, Ostrya virginiana, Carpinus caroliniana</i>, and <i>Styrax grandifolius</i>. The patchy short-shrub stratum includes seedlings of canopy and tall-shrub species, plus <i>Viburnum dentatum</i> and <i>Viburnum acerifolium</i>. The herbaceous stratum is typically sparse but includes spring ephemerals and species dependent on mesic conditions. This type may have been most common in a vegetation matrix dominated by shortleaf pine, although examples also occur within longleaf pine-dominated landscapes. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35774.CEGL007524
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: West Gulf Coastal Plain Subcalcareous Pine - Hardwood Slope and Stream Bottom Forest
  Translated: Loblolly Pine - (Shortleaf Pine) - White Oak - Mockernut Hickory / Southern Sugar Maple - (Chalk Maple) Forest
  Scientific: Pinus taeda - (Pinus echinata) - Quercus alba - Carya alba / Acer barbatum - (Acer leucoderme) Forest
  Code: CEGL007524
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685613 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo