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Quercus michauxii - Quercus nigra - Pinus taeda / Carpinus caroliniana Floodplain Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus michauxii - Quercus nigra - Pinus taeda / Carpinus caroliniana Floodplain Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This is an association that was once prevalent along intermediate streams throughout much of the West Gulf Coastal Plain of west-central Louisiana within the range of <i>Magnolia grandiflora</i>. Typical canopy species include <i>Quercus michauxii, Quercus nigra, Pinus taeda, Magnolia grandiflora, Quercus pagoda, Magnolia virginiana, Acer rubrum</i>, and <i>Quercus laurifolia</i>. <i>Taxodium distichum</i> and <i>Nyssa aquatica</i> are present in depressional inclusions in the floodplain. The midstory is dominated by <i>Carpinus caroliniana</i>. <i>Toxicodendron radicans</i> is a common woody vine. Herb layer species include numerous <i>Carex</i> spp., <i>Cardamine bulbosa, Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata, Phanopyrum gymnocarpon</i>, and <i>Solidago patula var. strictula</i>. This type occurs in the floodplains of small to intermediate streams on acidic silty to sandy substrates, in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of central Louisiana. Characteristic examples occur on Loving Creek (Rapides Parish, Louisiana). 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36084-{72D4659D-010C-4B04-983E-B863F4BF8E89}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 2
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Jun-1999 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686090 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007901
  Translated: Swamp Chestnut Oak - Water Oak - Loblolly Pine / American Hornbeam Floodplain Forest
  Common: West Gulf Coastal Plain Swamp Chestnut Oak Small Stream Bottomland Forest
  Scientific: Quercus michauxii - Quercus nigra - Pinus taeda / Carpinus caroliniana Floodplain Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL007901
(similar) Quercus michauxii - Quercus nigra - Pinus taeda / Carpinus caroliniana Forest
(similar) Quercus michauxii - Quercus nigra - Pinus taeda / Carpinus caroliniana Forest