Name:
Fagus grandifolia - Quercus alba / Symplocos tinctoria East Gulf Coastal Plain Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This association is a dry-mesic forest of sandy slopes along ravines in the East Gulf Coastal Plain. These forests are very distinct from the richer beech-white oak forests, ~<i>Fagus grandifolia - Quercus alba - Liquidambar styraciflua / Magnolia grandiflora / Smilax pumila - Hexastylis arifolia</i> Forest (CEGL007210)$$, of finer-textured soils in the nearby Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain (both of these at Fort Benning, Georgia). Stands of this association have canopies dominated by <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> and <i>Quercus alba</i>. Other characteristic canopy species include <i>Quercus nigra, Quercus rubra</i> (which is absent from or rare in the canopy, and would be more likely found in the subcanopy), <i>Pinus taeda, Liriodendron tulipifera</i>, and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. The subcanopy includes <i>Carya pallida, Carya glabra, Quercus velutina, Quercus rubra, Quercus margarettiae, Magnolia virginiana, Cornus florida, Oxydendrum arboreum, Ilex opaca, Ilex coriacea</i>, and <i>Acer leucoderme</i>. Shrubs include <i>Hamamelis virginiana, Prunus umbellata, Kalmia latifolia, Morella caroliniensis, Symplocos tinctoria, Euonymus americanus, Hydrangea arborescens, Persea borbonia, Leucothoe axillaris</i>, and <i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>. The herb layer is only moderately diverse with a variable composition that includes <i>Tipularia discolor, Medeola virginiana, Galax urceolata, Hexastylis arifolia, Polystichum acrostichoides, Collinsonia serotina, Smilax pumila, Osmunda cinnamomea</i>, and <i>Carex abscondita</i>.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.35855.CEGL003859
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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