Name:
Liquidambar styraciflua - Quercus laurifolia / Magnolia virginiana / Carex lonchocarpa Forest
Reference:
Thompson, A. J. 1998. An ecologi...
Description:
These forests occur on flat, low seepage areas in the Southeastern Coastal Plain. The soil is a very poorly drained clay loam with organic material or peat development. This environment is nearly constantly saturated, but it is only rarely flooded. These forests have well-developed canopy, subcanopy, shrub, herbaceous, and vine/liana strata. The canopy is dominated by <i>Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus laurifolia</i>, and <i>Acer rubrum</i>. These species are dominant in the subcanopy as well, along with <i>Magnolia virginiana, Ilex opaca var. opaca</i>, and <i>Carpinus caroliniana</i>. Other species that may be present in these strata include <i>Ulmus americana, Ulmus alata</i>, and <i>Salix nigra</i>. The shrub layer contains <i>Acer rubrum, Magnolia virginiana, Ilex decidua, Arundinaria gigantea</i>, and other species. Herbaceous dominants include <i>Saururus cernuus, Carex debilis, Carex intumescens, Carex lonchocarpa, Dichanthelium</i> sp., and <i>Hypericum</i> sp. Other herbaceous species of this community are <i>Asclepias perennis, Boehmeria cylindrica, Onoclea sensibilis, Viola affinis, Viola x primulifolia, Commelina communis, Mitchella repens, Leersia lenticularis</i>, and others. This community currently is known only from the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.37587.CEGL004631
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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