Name:
Quercus lyrata - Quercus phellos - Ulmus americana / Rhynchospora spp. Wet Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This community occurs in seasonally flooded depressions in old meander scars on second terraces of ancient Red River alluvial valleys in Louisiana and possibly Arkansas and Texas. Microtopographic highs and lows (pimple mounds) are sometimes present. In these situations, this association occurs in the low areas between the mounds. It is not subject to riverine flooding. Characteristic canopy species include <i>Quercus lyrata, Quercus phellos, Ulmus americana, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus nigra, Diospyros virginiana, Quercus stellata, Ulmus alata, Fraxinus caroliniana</i>, and, less frequently, <i>Salix nigra</i> and <i>Gleditsia aquatica</i>. Herbaceous species are <i>Polygonum hydropiperoides, Cardamine bulbosa, Amsonia tabernaemontana, Physostegia intermedia, Carex</i> spp., <i>Rhynchospora</i> spp., <i>Hibiscus lasiocarpos, Chasmanthium laxum, Pluchea</i> sp., <i>Bidens aristosa, Juncus</i> sp., <i>Panicum</i> spp., <i>Lycopus virginicus</i>, and <i>Hypericum hypericoides</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35743-{BD97F2BE-D60C-4D91-B1C3-6BD369092D2B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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