Name:
Quercus alba - Quercus (michauxii, nigra) / Ilex opaca / Chasmanthium laxum Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This forest occurs on slight upland rises in a very flat, wet landscape, in the Outer Coastal Plain of southeastern South Carolina and possibly eastern Georgia. The canopy is characterized by the presence of <i>Quercus alba, Quercus nigra</i>, and <i>Quercus falcata</i>. Other canopy trees include <i>Quercus pagoda, Pinus taeda, Pinus glabra, Carya glabra, Carya tomentosa, Fagus grandifolia</i>, and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. The subcanopy may include <i>Fagus grandifolia, Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana, Cornus florida, Persea palustris, Magnolia grandiflora</i>, and (rarely) <i>Ostrya virginiana</i>. The shrub stratum includes <i>Symplocos tinctoria, Ilex vomitoria, Vaccinium tenellum</i>, and <i>Leucothoe axillaris</i>. The herb stratum is sparse and includes <i>Chasmanthium laxum, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia, Mitchella repens, Smilax pumila</i>, and <i>Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36031-{6CE53632-E3D4-4290-853A-0D51549096C1}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
2
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