Name:
Quercus nigra - Quercus pagoda - Carya myristiciformis / Cercis canadensis Floodplain Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This late-successional bottomland forest occurs on calcareous substrates on terraces in brownwater river floodplains in the East Gulf Coastal Plain. This forest contains a relatively large number of canopy species, and dominance is variable from occurrence to occurrence. <i>Quercus nigra, Quercus pagoda</i>, and <i>Carya tomentosa</i> are commonly the codominant species. Canopy associates include <i>Pinus taeda, Pinus glabra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus phellos, Quercus michauxii, Quercus shumardii, Carya glabra, Carya laciniosa, Carya ovata</i>, and <i>Carya myristiciformis</i>. The subcanopy is well-developed and may be composed of canopy species with <i>Acer rubrum, Crataegus marshallii, Ulmus alata, Cornus florida, Cercis canadensis</i>, and <i>Carpinus caroliniana</i>. <i>Callicarpa americana</i> and <i>Chionanthus virginicus</i> are common in the shrub layer. The herbaceous layer contains seedlings of canopy species, as well as <i>Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Arundinaria gigantea, Dioscorea villosa, Mitchella repens, Berchemia scandens, Vitis rotundifolia, Dichanthelium boscii, Scutellaria integrifolia, Smilax rotundifolia, Commelina virginica, Bignonia capreolata</i>, and others.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33547-{FB093840-90E8-40C9-8214-E4F79F6A6FFD}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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