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Celtis laevigata - Ulmus crassifolia - (Fraxinus spp.) / Celtis pallida / Elymus virginicus Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Celtis laevigata - Ulmus crassifolia - (Fraxinus spp.) / Celtis pallida / Elymus virginicus Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This deciduous forest occurs on silty to clayey alluvial soils on stream terraces in southern Texas north of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. <i>Celtis laevigata var. laevigata</i> and <i>Ulmus crassifolia</i> are generally the clear canopy dominants; <i>Fraxinus berlandieriana, Fraxinus pennsylvanica</i>, and <i>Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii</i> are usually present. <i>Celtis pallida</i> occurs either in a poorly defined subcanopy or in the shrub layer, which ranges from open to choked with woody vines such as <i>Toxicodendron radicans, Smilax bona-nox</i>, and <i>Vitis mustangensis</i>. Ground cover on well-developed level terraces is dense and grassy, dominated by <i>Elymus virginicus</i>, along with <i>Chasmanthium latifolium</i>, and <i>Nassella leucotricha</i>. Characteristic forbs include <i>Clematis pitcheri, Stellaria prostrata, Dicliptera brachiata, Rivina humilis, Chaerophyllum tainturieri var. tainturieri</i>, and <i>Galium aparine</i>. This community is similar to other communities in this alliance but differs in the presence of southern elements like <i>Celtis pallida</i> and the absence of subtropical elements that distinguish ~<i>Celtis laevigata - Ulmus crassifolia - (Fraxinus berlandieriana) / Rivina humilis - Chromolaena odorata</i> Forest (CEGL007752)$$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36080.CEGL007782
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:   Translated: Sugarberry - Cedar Elm - (Ash species) / Spiny Hackberry / Virginia Wildrye Forest
  Scientific: Celtis laevigata - Ulmus crassifolia - (Fraxinus spp.) / Celtis pallida / Elymus virginicus Forest
  Code: CEGL007782
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683442 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo