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Liriodendron tulipifera - Quercus alba - (Liquidambar styraciflua) / Ilex opaca / Polystichum acrostichoides Piedmont Small Stream Forest | Schafale, M. P. 2011. Classifica...
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Name: Liriodendron tulipifera - Quercus alba - (Liquidambar styraciflua) / Ilex opaca / Polystichum acrostichoides Piedmont Small Stream Forest
Reference: Schafale, M. P. 2011. Classifica...
Description: These communities occur along intermittent to small first- or second-order streams in typical Piedmont terrain. Floodplains are narrow and poorly developed, but flooding produces small alluvial deposits and scours portions. Dominant canopy species include both upland species and species of broad moisture tolerance. <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> is almost always abundant. <i>Quercus alba</i> and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> are usually present. <i>Quercus rubra, Acer rubrum</i>, and <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> may be present. Frequent understory species include <i>Ilex opaca, Acer rubrum, Carpinus caroliniana, Oxydendrum arboreum</i>, and <i>Cornus florida</i>. The shrub component is variable from place to place and may include <i>Vaccinium fuscatum, Vaccinium corymbosum, Lindera benzoin, Arundinaria gigantea, Xanthorhiza simplicissima, Leucothoe axillaris, Hamamelis virginiana, Alnus serrulata, Viburnum nudum</i>, or <i>Kalmia latifolia</i>. Herbs that dominate patches include <i>Polystichum acrostichoides, Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides (= Athyrium asplenioides), Thelypteris noveboracensis, Carex</i> spp., <i>Chasmanthium laxum, Leersia virginica, Osmunda cinnamomea</i>, and <i>Osmunda regalis</i>. <i>Chasmanthium latifolium</i> is occasionally abundant. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35999.CEGL004900
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: Piedmont Headwater Stream Forest
  Translated: Tuliptree - White Oak - (Sweetgum) / American Holly / Christmas Fern Piedmont Small Stream Forest
  Scientific: Liriodendron tulipifera - Quercus alba - (Liquidambar styraciflua) / Ilex opaca / Polystichum acrostichoides Piedmont Small Stream Forest
  Code: CEGL004900
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.858815 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo