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Quercus phellos - (Quercus lyrata) / Carex joorii - Saccharum baldwinii Floodplain Forest | Van Kley, J. E., and D. N. Hine....
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Name: Quercus phellos - (Quercus lyrata) / Carex joorii - Saccharum baldwinii Floodplain Forest
Reference: Van Kley, J. E., and D. N. Hine....
Description: This association occurs on lower portions of islands and levees that gently slope downward into wetter swamps of Caddo Lake, Texas, and likely includes related vegetation of adjacent Louisiana and Arkansas. The description is based on the work of Van Kley and Hine (1998). These areas are seasonally flooded on poorly drained soils. Stands are typically dominated by <i>Quercus phellos</i> with lesser amounts of <i>Quercus lyrata, Nyssa sylvatica</i>, and <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i>. Important shrubs include <i>Crataegus opaca, Diospyros virginiana, Styrax americanus, Ilex decidua</i>, and <i>Forestiera acuminata</i>. Diagnostic understory species are <i>Carex joorii</i> and <i>Saccharum baldwinii</i>. The understory vegetation may also include <i>Hibiscus moscheutos, Brunnichia ovata, Boehmeria cylindrica, Acalypha virginica, Hypericum hypericoides (= Ascyrum hypericoides), Berchemia scandens, Dichanthelium dichotomum, Trachelospermum difforme</i>, and <i>Toxicodendron radicans</i>. Seedlings of <i>Diospyros virginiana, Styrax americanus, Quercus lyrata</i>, and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> may be abundant. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37170.CEGL008469
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Caddo Lake Bottomland Oak Flat
  Translated: Willow Oak - (Overcup Oak) / Cypress Swamp Sedge - Narrow Plumegrass Floodplain Forest
  Scientific: Quercus phellos - (Quercus lyrata) / Carex joorii - Saccharum baldwinii Floodplain Forest
  Code: CEGL008469
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686831 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo