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(Fagus grandifolia) - Quercus pagoda - Magnolia grandiflora / Hydrangea quercifolia / Cystopteris protrusa - Thelypteris kunthii Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: (Fagus grandifolia) - Quercus pagoda - Magnolia grandiflora / Hydrangea quercifolia / Cystopteris protrusa - Thelypteris kunthii Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association is restricted to steep ridge-and-ravine topography on deep loess soil deposits associated with the Mississippi River in Louisiana and adjacent Mississippi. The woody flora is extremely diverse and is characteristic of this association. <i>Quercus pagoda</i> is possibly the most common and diagnostic overstory tree in existing examples (possibly as a result of removal of other hardwood species). A variety of other tree species may be encountered, such as <i>Fagus grandifolia, Magnolia grandiflora, Quercus shumardii, Quercus nigra, Quercus michauxii, Fraxinus americana, Platanus occidentalis, Acer negundo, Ulmus americana, Ulmus rubra</i>, and <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i>. When compared to other mesic forests of the region, other diagnostic features of this type are the prevalence of <i>Arundinaria gigantea</i> (often a dominant in the shrub layer), and the abundance of <i>Cystopteris protrusa</i> and <i>Thelypteris kunthii</i>. A variety of other herbaceous species may be present, suggesting both mesic and rich conditions for the region. This vegetation is known from the Tunica Hills in Louisiana. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35800.CEGL007461
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Southern Loess Hills Hardwood Forest
  Translated: (American Beech) - Cherrybark Oak - Southern Magnolia / Oakleaf Hydrangea / Lowland Bladderfern - Kunth's Maidenfern Forest
  Scientific: (Fagus grandifolia) - Quercus pagoda - Magnolia grandiflora / Hydrangea quercifolia / Cystopteris protrusa - Thelypteris kunthii Forest
  Code: CEGL007461
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689630 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo