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Pinus glabra - Quercus (laurifolia, michauxii, nigra) / Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana / Sabal minor Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus glabra - Quercus (laurifolia, michauxii, nigra) / Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana / Sabal minor Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: The closed canopy of this Coastal Plain stream forest is generally dominated by <i>Pinus glabra</i> and <i>Quercus laurifolia</i> and/or <i>Quercus michauxii</i>. Other floodplain oaks, <i>Quercus nigra, Pinus taeda</i>, and/or <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> may occur. <i>Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana</i> dominates the well-developed subcanopy stratum. <i>Sabal minor</i> may be common in at least some occurrences of this association. Shrubs may include <i>Hypericum galioides, Hypericum hypericoides, Sebastiania fruticosa, Leucothoe racemosa, Cyrilla racemiflora, Styrax americanus, Crataegus marshallii, Vaccinium</i> spp., and <i>Rhododendron canescens</i>. Vines include <i>Berchemia scandens</i> and <i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>. Herbs may include <i>Chasmanthium laxum, Saccharum baldwinii, Carex joorii, Osmunda cinnamomea</i>, and <i>Mitchella repens</i>. The liverwort <i>Pallavicinia lyellii</i> may be present. This association occurs on natural levees of Coastal Plain streams, both blackwater and brownwater, in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, southern South Carolina, and Florida. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36024.CEGL007544
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: Coastal Plain Spruce Pine - Oak Stream Forest
  Translated: Spruce Pine - (Laurel Oak, Swamp Chestnut Oak, Water Oak) / American Hornbeam / Dwarf Palmetto Forest
  Scientific: Pinus glabra - Quercus (laurifolia, michauxii, nigra) / Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana / Sabal minor Forest
  Code: CEGL007544
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688349 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo