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Quercus nigra - Magnolia virginiana - Taxodium distichum Floodplain Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus nigra - Magnolia virginiana - Taxodium distichum Floodplain Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: These small river floodplain forests of the East Gulf Coastal Plain of Louisiana and possibly Mississippi are dominated by <i>Quercus nigra</i> and <i>Magnolia virginiana</i> with <i>Taxodium distichum</i>. The canopy and subcanopy contain other hardwood species such as <i>Quercus laurifolia, Quercus phellos, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus michauxii, Nyssa biflora</i>, and <i>Carpinus caroliniana</i>. There are extensive stands of <i>Arundinaria gigantea</i> in the understory. The canopy is partly evergreen, and <i>Quercus nigra</i> is semi-evergreen at the latitude of Baton Rouge, but this association is placed in deciduous. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33746-{E23B7D7A-5211-469B-B46C-BB902D2FE7E5}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Dec-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689271 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004978
  Translated: Water Oak - Sweetbay - Bald-cypress Floodplain Forest
  Scientific: Quercus nigra - Magnolia virginiana - Taxodium distichum Floodplain Forest
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(similar) CEGL004978
(similar) Quercus nigra - Magnolia virginiana - Taxodium distichum Forest
(similar) Quercus nigra - Magnolia virginiana - Taxodium distichum Forest