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Quercus falcata Wet Flatwoods Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus falcata Wet Flatwoods Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This southern red oak flatwoods forest is found in parts of the Interior Low Plateau and adjacent areas of the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain of the southern United States. Stands occur on somewhat poorly drained sites. The vegetation is dominated by <i>Quercus falcata</i>. It is perhaps marginally a wetland and is better drained than <i>Quercus phellos</i> flatwoods. The canopy may also contain some <i>Quercus alba</i> and <i>Quercus stellata</i>, and possibly <i>Carya tomentosa</i>. The ground cover is predominantly leaf litter and most occurrences are thought to be fire-suppressed. At Shiloh National Military Park (Tennessee) <i>Chasmanthium laxum, Krigia dandelion</i>, and <i>Carex complanata</i> were the most abundant herbaceous plants. It is known historically from the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain of western Kentucky (eastern Gulf Coastal Plain on tertiary terraces), western Tennessee, and northwestern Mississippi (the "flatwoods belt"), as well as the Shawnee Hills and the Knobs region of Kentucky. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33202-{E30B9905-AC7C-430D-A474-997B3985399C}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 05-Sep-2008 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688151 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004412
  Translated: Southern Red Oak Wet Flatwoods Forest
  Common: Southern Red Oak Wet Flatwoods Forest
  Scientific: Quercus falcata Wet Flatwoods Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Quercus falcata Flatwoods Forest
(similar) Quercus falcata Flatwoods Forest
(similar) CEGL004412