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Liriodendron tulipifera - Quercus alba - (Liquidambar styraciflua) / Ilex opaca / Polystichum acrostichoides Piedmont Floodplain Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Liriodendron tulipifera - Quercus alba - (Liquidambar styraciflua) / Ilex opaca / Polystichum acrostichoides Piedmont Floodplain Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: These communities occur along intermittent to small first- or second-order streams in typical Piedmont terrain. Floodplains are narrow and poorly developed, but flooding produces small alluvial deposits and scours portions. Dominant canopy species include both upland species and species of broad moisture tolerance. <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> is almost always abundant. <i>Quercus alba</i> and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> are usually present. <i>Quercus rubra, Acer rubrum</i>, and <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> may be present. Frequent understory species include <i>Ilex opaca, Acer rubrum, Carpinus caroliniana, Oxydendrum arboreum</i>, and <i>Cornus florida</i>. The shrub component is variable from place to place and may include <i>Vaccinium fuscatum, Vaccinium corymbosum, Lindera benzoin, Arundinaria gigantea, Xanthorhiza simplicissima, Leucothoe axillaris, Hamamelis virginiana, Alnus serrulata, Viburnum nudum</i>, or <i>Kalmia latifolia</i>. Herbs that dominate patches include <i>Polystichum acrostichoides, Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Thelypteris noveboracensis, Carex</i> spp., <i>Chasmanthium laxum, Leersia virginica, Osmunda cinnamomea</i>, and <i>Osmunda regalis</i>. <i>Chasmanthium latifolium</i> is occasionally abundant. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33669-{3AE60116-445C-450F-9CD5-A813A4430B1B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 8
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 14-Feb-2011 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.858815 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004900
  Translated: Tuliptree - White Oak - (Sweetgum) / American Holly / Christmas Fern Piedmont Floodplain Forest
  Common: Piedmont Headwater Stream Forest
  Scientific: Liriodendron tulipifera - Quercus alba - (Liquidambar styraciflua) / Ilex opaca / Polystichum acrostichoides Piedmont Floodplain Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Liriodendron tulipifera - Quercus alba - (Liquidambar styraciflua) / Ilex opaca / Polystichum acrostichoides Piedmont Small Stream Forest