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Quercus alba - Carya alba / Oxydendrum arboreum - Ilex opaca / Gaylussacia frondosa - Symplocos tinctoria - Vaccinium stamineum Coastal Plain Forest | Schafale, M. P. 2011. Classifica...
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Name: Quercus alba - Carya alba / Oxydendrum arboreum - Ilex opaca / Gaylussacia frondosa - Symplocos tinctoria - Vaccinium stamineum Coastal Plain Forest
Reference: Schafale, M. P. 2011. Classifica...
Description: This association is a dry-mesic oak-hickory forest of Coastal Plain bluffs, dissected slopes, and isolated ridges. The canopy has <i>Quercus alba</i> generally most abundant. <i>Carya alba, Quercus velutina, Quercus rubra, Quercus nigra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera</i>, and <i>Pinus taeda</i> are frequent. The understory is dominated by varying combinations of <i>Oxydendrum arboreum, Cornus florida, Ilex opaca</i>, and <i>Nyssa sylvatica</i>, sometimes with <i>Persea palustris</i> or <i>Magnolia virginiana</i>, along with the canopy species. Frequent shrub species are <i>Gaylussacia frondosa, Symplocos tinctoria, Vaccinium stamineum, Vaccinium tenellum, Hamamelis virginiana</i>, and <i>Styrax americanus</i>. Other species include <i>Morella cerifera, Callicarpa americana</i>, and <i>Vaccinium arboreum</i>. Wetland species such as <i>Ilex glabra</i> or <i>Clethra alnifolia</i> are often present in small numbers. The herb layer is generally sparse, with <i>Chasmanthium laxum, Mitchella repens</i>, and <i>Hexastylis arifolia</i> the most frequent species. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36003.CEGL004321
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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: Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry-Mesic Oak-Hickory Forest
  Translated: White Oak - Mockernut Hickory / Sourwood - American Holly / Blue Huckleberry Dangleberry - Horsesugar - Deerberry Coastal Plain Forest
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Carya alba / Oxydendrum arboreum - Ilex opaca / Gaylussacia frondosa - Symplocos tinctoria - Vaccinium stamineum Coastal Plain Forest
  Code: CEGL004321
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.821455 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo