Name:
Quercus pagoda - Quercus phellos - Quercus lyrata - Quercus michauxii / Chasmanthium latifolium Forest
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Description:
This association covers Piedmont bottomland forests which occur in broad, flat floodplains of Triassic basins of North Carolina and possibly South Carolina. The diverse canopy is characteristic, composed of species which often are normally sorted out along a hydrologic gradient in the larger floodplains of the Coastal Plain. The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus pagoda, Quercus phellos, Quercus michauxii, Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera, Celtis laevigata</i>, and <i>Ulmus americana</i>, with lesser amounts of <i>Quercus shumardii, Quercus palustris, Acer barbatum, Carya ovalis, Carya cordiformis</i>, and <i>Pinus taeda</i>. In addition, <i>Quercus lyrata</i> is present in abandoned sloughs and oxbows, which are inclusions in this association. Subcanopy trees are <i>Ilex decidua, Carpinus caroliniana, Aesculus sylvatica, Asimina triloba</i>, and <i>Acer barbatum</i>. Shrubs and woody vines are <i>Lindera benzoin, Bignonia capreolata, Toxicodendron radicans, Smilax rotundifolia</i>, and others. The herb stratum includes <i>Chasmanthium latifolium, Carex</i> spp., <i>Arisaema triphyllum, Cardamine concatenata, Claytonia virginica, Geranium maculatum, Erythronium americanum, Lysimachia ciliata</i>, and others.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.37148.CEGL007356
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
38
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