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Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Quercus alba / Carpinus caroliniana - Ostrya virginiana - Ilex opaca var. opaca Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Quercus alba / Carpinus caroliniana - Ostrya virginiana - Ilex opaca var. opaca Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This West Gulf Coastal Plain beech-magnolia forest displays a well-developed three-layered structure. It has a closed upper canopy of <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> with occasional representatives of <i>Magnolia grandiflora, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus nigra</i>, and <i>Quercus alba</i>. Midstory trees are prevalent, with <i>Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana</i> and <i>Ostrya virginiana</i> being most important, although <i>Ilex opaca var. opaca, Cornus florida</i>, and <i>Nyssa sylvatica</i> are also common components. The relatively sparse shrub stratum is dominated by <i>Ilex vomitoria, Callicarpa americana, Hamamelis virginiana, Frangula caroliniana, Styrax americanus</i>, and <i>Vaccinium elliottii</i>. The woody vine <i>Vitis rotundifolia</i> can be abundant. An herbaceous stratum of species typical of mesic, acidic hardwood forests of the region is sparsely present amid dense hardwood leaf litter. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36040.CEGL007872
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: West Gulf Coastal Plain Beech - Magnolia Forest
  Translated: American Beech - Southern Magnolia - White Oak / American Hornbeam / Hophornbeam - American Holly Forest
  Scientific: Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Quercus alba / Carpinus caroliniana - Ostrya virginiana - Ilex opaca var. opaca Forest
  Code: CEGL007872
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684324 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo