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Carya illinoinensis - Celtis laevigata Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Carya illinoinensis - Celtis laevigata Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This forest is found on nearly level floodplains and terraces along major streams and rivers in the central and south-central United States, ranging from Kansas and Arkansas, south to Texas and Louisiana. Soils are deep, poorly drained to well-drained, and formed in silty, loamy and clayey recent alluvium. The vegetation is dominated by a closed-canopy forest. Characteristic dominants include <i>Carya illinoinensis</i> and <i>Celtis laevigata</i>. In Oklahoma, other characteristic species include <i>Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Ilex decidua, Quercus shumardii, Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii</i>, in Kansas they include <i>Acer negundo, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Juglans nigra, Platanus occidentalis</i>, and <i>Ulmus americana</i>, and in Texas they include <i>Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Ulmus americana, Platanus occidentalis, Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii, Cornus drummondii, Ilex decidua</i>, and <i>Acer negundo</i>. Ground layer species may include <i>Carex grayi, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Verbesina virginica</i>, and <i>Toxicodendron radicans</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36223.CEGL002087
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: Pecan - Sugarberry Forest
  Translated: Pecan - Sugarberry Forest
  Scientific: Carya illinoinensis - Celtis laevigata Forest
  Code: CEGL002087
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685111 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo