Name:
Quercus alba - Carya ovata - Liriodendron tulipifera - (Quercus phellos) / Cornus florida Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This community is associated with lower, more mesic slopes and higher floodplain terraces of major creeks in the Interior Low Plateau and Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain of Tennessee and the Cumberlands and Southern Ridge and Valley of Georgia. The dominant canopy species include <i>Quercus alba, Liriodendron tulipifera, Liquidambar styraciflua</i>, and/or <i>Quercus phellos</i>, as well as <i>Acer rubrum, Carya tomentosa, Carya ovata, Juglans nigra, Quercus nigra</i>, and <i>Ulmus americana</i>. Some earlier successional examples may exhibit relative dominance by <i>Liriodendron</i> and/or <i>Liquidambar</i> rather than <i>Quercus</i> and/or <i>Carya</i>. The subcanopy is typically well-developed with canopy species, as well as <i>Cornus florida, Prunus serotina, Nyssa sylvatica</i>, and <i>Platanus occidentalis</i>. The shrub strata may include <i>Lindera benzoin, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Euonymus americanus, Asimina triloba, Carpinus caroliniana, Rhododendron canescens, Ilex opaca</i>, and <i>Toxicodendron radicans</i>. The herbaceous layer is often well-developed (up to 90% cover in a 20x20-m plot) but can also be rather sparse. Dominant herbs may include <i>Thelypteris noveboracensis, Osmunda cinnamomea, Osmunda regalis, Polystichum acrostichoides, Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Boehmeria cylindrica, Chasmanthium laxum, Poa sylvestris</i>, and <i>Carex intumescens</i>. The exotic grass <i>Microstegium vimineum</i> may also be dominant in some occurrences.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35898-{F331BA48-A081-46A2-9891-A0049703F5E8}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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