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Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex opaca / Viburnum dentatum Swamp Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex opaca / Viburnum dentatum Swamp Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This forest occurs in the Outer Coastal Plain of Louisiana, on natural levees and terraces of the former channels of the Mississippi River, closely associated with the more upland forest type, ~<i>Quercus virginiana - Quercus pagoda - Magnolia grandiflora / Cornus florida / Sanicula</i> sp. Swamp Forest (CEGL007469)$$. This forest occurs in lower, wetter portions of these flats, where water pools following rains. The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus virginiana, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus nigra, Celtis laevigata, Ulmus americana</i>, and <i>Quercus pagoda</i>. The open understory consists of <i>Ilex opaca var. opaca</i> and <i>Morus rubra</i>. The shrub stratum is locally dense, and dominated by <i>Viburnum dentatum</i>, with other shrubs and woody vines including <i>Nekemias arborea, Ilex decidua, Berchemia scandens, Toxicodendron radicans, Callicarpa americana</i>, and <i>Sambucus canadensis</i>. Herbs are few, except epiphytic <i>Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35691-{A0FEF02C-40CE-4292-B2CD-D25380E9DE92} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Jan-1996 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus virginiana - Quercus pagoda - Quercus nigra Coastal Plain Swamp Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687254 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL007476   Translated: Live Oak - Water Oak - Sweetgum / American Holly / Southern Arrow-wood Swamp Forest   Scientific: Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex opaca / Viburnum dentatum Swamp Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL007476 (similar) Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex opaca var. opaca / Viburnum dentatum Forest (similar) Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex opaca var. opaca / Viburnum dentatum Forest