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Quercus hemisphaerica - Quercus geminata / Persea borbonia - Osmanthus americanus Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus hemisphaerica - Quercus geminata / Persea borbonia - Osmanthus americanus Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This forest occurs in Georgia and Florida on fire-protected islands of high ground surrounded by riverine swamps, and on slopes and bluffs where protected from fire. The canopy consists of <i>Quercus hemisphaerica, Quercus geminata, Pinus taeda, Carya glabra</i>, and <i>Carya pallida</i>. The subcanopy typically includes substantial <i>Persea borbonia</i> and <i>Osmanthus americanus</i>, and occasionally <i>Magnolia virginiana</i>. Typical shrubs and woody vines include <i>Hamamelis virginiana, Serenoa repens, Vaccinium arboreum, Vaccinium elliottii, Bignonia capreolata, Symplocos tinctoria, Callicarpa americana, Gelsemium sempervirens</i>, and <i>Ilex vomitoria</i>. Herbs are sparse, but may include dense patches of <i>Carex dasycarpa</i>. <i>Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana</i> and <i>Tillandsia usneoides</i> are common epiphytes. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33564-{74F55422-1205-4264-B693-0C9283DBE1D3}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 16
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Oct-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687182 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004787
  Translated: Darlington Oak - Sand Live Oak / Redbay - Devilwood Forest
  Common: Darlington Oak - Sand Live Oak Hammock
  Scientific: Quercus hemisphaerica - Quercus geminata / Persea borbonia - Osmanthus americanus Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Quercus hemisphaerica - Quercus geminata / Persea borbonia - Osmanthus americanus Forest
(similar) CEGL004787
(similar) Quercus hemisphaerica - Quercus geminata / Persea borbonia - Osmanthus americanus Forest