Name:
Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Fraxinus americana / Acer floridanum - Ostrya virginiana Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This is the most calcareous association of beech - magnolia forest. It occurs over calcareous rock or sediments on flats and slopes in the East Gulf Coastal Plain from Alabama through Florida and Georgia. <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> and <i>Magnolia grandiflora</i> dominate the canopy, with lesser amounts of <i>Ulmus americana, Fraxinus americana, Quercus alba, Tilia americana var. caroliniana, Carya glabra, Quercus shumardii, Quercus muehlenbergii, Quercus michauxii, Juglans nigra</i>, and <i>Pinus glabra</i>. The subcanopy is typically dominated by <i>Acer floridanum</i>, and also includes <i>Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana, Magnolia ashei, Ostrya virginiana, Persea palustris, Ulmus rubra, Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Cornus florida, Morus rubra, Ilex opaca var. opaca</i>, and <i>Quercus nigra</i>. The shrub and woody vine stratum is diverse and generally well-developed, including species such as <i>Aesculus pavia, Hydrangea quercifolia, Sabal minor, Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Euonymus americanus, Styrax grandifolius, Stewartia malacodendron, Halesia</i> sp., <i>Arundinaria gigantea, Ilex decidua, Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans, Callicarpa americana, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Smilax glauca, Smilax tamnoides</i>, and <i>Bignonia capreolata</i>. Herbs include <i>Melica mutica, Polystichum acrostichoides, Arisaema dracontium, Sanicula canadensis, Dioscorea quaternata, Sanguinaria canadensis, Phryma leptostachya, Carex basiantha, Botrychium virginianum, Oplismenus hirtellus, Smallanthus uvedalius, Asplenium platyneuron var. bacculum-rubrum, Laportea canadensis, Urtica chamaedryoides</i>, and <i>Collinsonia canadensis</i>. Vascular epiphytes are <i>Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana</i> and <i>Tillandsia usneoides</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35679-{7FA4EDFC-84F6-4E20-9FE8-B4F3C3DB4DD2}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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