Name:
Fagus grandifolia - Carya cordiformis - Quercus michauxii / Ilex opaca / Podophyllum peltatum Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This association is known only from floodplains of the Mattaponi and Pamunkey rivers in the central Coastal Plain of Virginia. It occurs on high, well-drained floodplain levees and terraces along small to medium-sized rivers. Sites are probably flooded every 2-5 years. Soils are fine sandy loams and loamy sands, with moderately low to moderately high calcium, magnesium, and total base saturation levels. Stands are codominated by variable combinations of <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> (constant), <i>Carya cordiformis</i> (constant), <i>Quercus michauxii</i> (less constant), and <i>Quercus shumardii</i> (least constant). <i>Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera, Celtis occidentalis</i>, and <i>Fraxinus pennsylvanica</i> are minor overstory species, especially in disturbed stands. There is little recruitment of any overstory species, and subcanopy layers are dominated by <i>Ilex opaca var. opaca</i>, which occasionally approaches canopy-tree status. The shrub layer varies from sparse to dense, with <i>Asimina triloba, Viburnum prunifolium, Lindera benzoin, Ilex decidua</i>, and <i>Carpinus caroliniana</i> all constant in plot samples. The herb layer varies from patchy to dense and lush, with a number of nutrient-demanding forbs prominent. Herbaceous patch-dominants include <i>Asarum canadense, Cardamine concatenata, Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis, Claytonia virginica, Dicentra cucullaria, Erythronium americanum ssp. americanum, Hydrophyllum virginianum, Mertensia virginica, Podophyllum peltatum, Polemonium reptans</i>, and <i>Viola pubescens</i>. The graminoids <i>Carex radiata, Chasmanthium latifolium</i>, and <i>Poa autumnalis</i> may also be locally abundant.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35125-{F3A4F0FF-7AE6-421D-8239-AC3B28A59219}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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