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Quercus phellos - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex decidua - Carpinus caroliniana / Lysimachia radicans Floodplain Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus phellos - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex decidua - Carpinus caroliniana / Lysimachia radicans Floodplain Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This oak-sweetgum bottomland forest is found in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Louisiana and Texas and possibly Arkansas. <i>Quercus phellos</i> strongly dominates the overstory, with <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. Other canopy and subcanopy trees include <i>Quercus michauxii, Quercus pagoda, Quercus nigra, Quercus lyrata, Ostrya virginiana, Ulmus americana</i>, and <i>Nyssa sylvatica</i>. The midstory is dominated by <i>Carpinus caroliniana</i>, followed closely by <i>Fraxinus caroliniana, Ilex decidua</i>, and individuals of species present in the overstory. The understory contains species typical of bottomland habitats in the region including <i>Ditrysinia fruticosa, Campsis radicans, Justicia ovata, Bignonia capreolata, Lysimachia lanceolata, Carex louisianica, Carex tribuloides, Nekemias arborea</i>, and <i>Brunnichia ovata</i>. <i>Lysimachia radicans</i> is a frequent species in the ground layer.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35616-{E98B94F2-E4CC-468F-A265-9D61B0DF08A0} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 4
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Jul-2011 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus phellos - Quercus nigra Coastal Plain Floodplain Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686051 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL007370   Translated: Willow Oak - Sweetgum / Possum-haw - American Hornbeam / Trailing Yellow Loosestrife Floodplain Forest   Common: West Gulf Coastal Plain Willow Oak Bottomland Forest   Scientific: Quercus phellos - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex decidua - Carpinus caroliniana / Lysimachia radicans Floodplain Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Quercus phellos - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex decidua - Carpinus caroliniana / Lysimachia radicans Forest (similar) CEGL007370 (similar) Quercus phellos - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex decidua - Carpinus caroliniana / Lysimachia radicans Forest