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Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra / Chasmanthium latifolium Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra / Chasmanthium latifolium Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This bottomland hardwood forest occurs along small rivers and streams within the historic coastal prairie matrix, now mostly in agriculture or pasture, that once covered the large parts of the Pleistocene terraces of the Beaumont, Lissie and possibly Willis formations of the upper Texas coast. It also occurs within the large bottomland hardwood system that spans the lower reaches of the Colorado, San Bernard and Brazos rivers (Columbia Bottomlands), where they traverse this historic coastal prairie matrix. The canopy may be codominated by <i>Quercus virginiana</i> and <i>Quercus nigra</i> or dominated solely by <i>Quercus nigra</i>. Other trees that may be present include <i>Carya illinoinensis, Ulmus americana, Ulmus crassifolia, Celtis laevigata</i>, and <i>Platanus occidentalis</i> within its range. Understory components include <i>Ilex vomitoria, Crataegus</i> spp., and <i>Ilex decidua</i>. The patchy herbaceous layer may include <i>Calyptocarpus vialis, Chasmanthium latifolium, Elephantopus carolinianus, Elymus virginicus, Phanopyrum gymnocarpon, Paspalum langei</i> and <i>Geum canadense</i>. Characteristic woody lianas include <i>Nekemias arborea, Campsis radicans, Cocculus carolinus, Smilax bona-nox, Toxicodendron radicans</i>, and <i>Vitis mustangensis</i>. The exotics <i>Poncirus trifoliata, Solanum pseudocapsicum</i> and <i>Triadica sebifera</i> are also present in some examples. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31016-{248329D8-7467-4945-9AB9-1FE352F6B3A7}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Apr-1996 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684976 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002107
  Translated: Live Oak - Water Oak / Indian Woodoats Forest
  Common: Live Oak - Water Oak Forest
  Scientific: Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra / Chasmanthium latifolium Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra / Chasmanthium latifolium Forest
(similar) CEGL002107
(similar) Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra / Chasmanthium latifolium Forest