Name:
Vitis rotundifolia - Nekemias arborea - Campsis radicans Ruderal Wet Vine-Shrubland
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This successional association could be found anywhere in the southeastern United States from Virginia to Texas, in the coastal plain or adjacent ecoregions. It includes vine-dominated vegetation that develops following clearcut logging, blowdowns, and possibly other disturbance in wetlands. This vine-shrubland is dominated by <i>Vitis rotundifolia, Nekemias arborea</i>, and <i>Campsis radicans</i>. Other species that are present in the vine/liana stratum include <i>Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans, Bignonia capreolata, Smilax rotundifolia, Berchemia scandens</i>, and likely others. There may exist a limited canopy of <i>Liquidambar styraciflua, Ulmus americana, Quercus</i> spp., <i>Celtis laevigata, Salix</i> spp., and likely other species. Often the weight of the vine coverage will break the stems of woody species before they attain 5 m in height. A limited shrub stratum that contains canopy species as well as <i>Arundinaria gigantea, Ilex decidua, Lindera benzoin, Morella cerifera</i>, and others may be present. <i>Carex abscondita, Arisaema dracontium, Eupatorium capillifolium, Boehmeria cylindrica, Cryptotaenia canadensis, Carex retroflexa, Carex lupulina, Polygonum</i> spp., <i>Cyperus</i> spp., and other species are present in the sparse herbaceous layer.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33404-{931ED850-9BB9-4054-A0C8-14D01E996351}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
2
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