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Quercus alba - Quercus nigra / Ilex opaca / Clethra alnifolia - Arundinaria tecta Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus alba - Quercus nigra / Ilex opaca / Clethra alnifolia - Arundinaria tecta Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community occurs on submesic Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain bluffs. The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus alba, Quercus nigra</i>, and <i>Quercus falcata</i>, with lesser amounts of <i>Carya pallida, Nyssa sylvatica</i>, and others. Additional species which may be present as common components primarily as a result of disturbance include <i>Pinus taeda, Acer rubrum var. rubrum</i>, and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. The subcanopy includes canopy species as well as <i>Ilex opaca var. opaca, Oxydendrum arboreum</i>, and <i>Cornus florida</i>. The shrub layer is often dense and is dominated by <i>Clethra alnifolia</i> and <i>Arundinaria tecta</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36047-{A7D13222-8026-4256-BEDC-2EE3DFC0A62F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 19-Jan-1999 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683676 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007862
  Translated: White Oak - Water Oak / American Holly / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush - Switch Cane Forest
  Common: Atlantic Coastal Plain Submesic White Oak Bluff Forest
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Quercus nigra / Ilex opaca / Clethra alnifolia - Arundinaria tecta Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL007862
(similar) Quercus alba - Quercus nigra - Quercus falcata / Ilex opaca / Clethra alnifolia - Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta Forest
(similar) Quercus alba - Quercus nigra - Quercus falcata / Ilex opaca / Clethra alnifolia - Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta Forest