Name:
Quercus pagoda - Quercus michauxii / Arundinaria tecta - Sabal minor / Chasmanthium laxum Wet Flatwoods Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This oak flat forest occurs on moist to wet flats in interstream divides in regions of very subdued topographic relief in the Outer Coastal Plain of South Carolina and Georgia. These communities never receive overland flooding from streams or rivers, though they may be affected by hurricane events. <i>Quercus pagoda</i> and <i>Quercus michauxii</i> are two of the most common canopy trees and characterize the community. Other canopy trees are <i>Quercus alba, Quercus virginiana, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus nigra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Acer rubrum, Pinus taeda</i>, and <i>Pinus glabra</i>. The subcanopy is not a well-developed stratum. The shrub stratum varies from dense to scattered and is characterized by <i>Arundinaria tecta</i> and <i>Sabal minor</i>, which may dominate alone or in combination, but both are almost always present. Other shrubs include <i>Morella cerifera, Symplocos tinctoria, Bignonia capreolata</i>, and sometimes minor amounts of <i>Ilex glabra, Lyonia lucida, Leucothoe axillaris</i>, and <i>Eubotrys racemosa</i>. The herb stratum is usually dominated by <i>Chasmanthium laxum</i>, sometimes also with substantial <i>Chasmanthium sessiliflorum</i>. Other herbs are <i>Osmunda cinnamomea, Woodwardia areolata, Juncus coriaceus</i>, and <i>Mitchella repens</i>. Patches of <i>Sphagnum</i> spp., especially <i>Sphagnum lescurii</i> occur in slight depressions. Hydrologically, the community lies near the conceptual boundary of upland and saturated communities; because of the very subdued topography, the water table is never far from the surface, and the ground is saturated for extended periods of time during the growing season.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36034-{F9D58AB4-9BD4-41BD-B008-A0C77104AF00}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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