Name:
Quercus laurifolia - Quercus phellos / Viburnum dentatum - (Ditrysinia fruticosa) / Carex glaucescens Upper West Gulf Wet Flatwoods Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This hardwood flatwoods forest is one of several described types known to occur in the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas, and probably Arkansas and Louisiana, as well as in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas. It is found on broad, seasonally wet flats on high Pleistocene terraces which are not typically affected by overbank flooding from streams or rivers. The local landscape in which this type occurs is topographically variable with alternating mounds and depressions. Mounds may be only a few feet higher than depressions, but the difference contributes to local vegetation differences which are represented by different associations. As currently described, this association encompasses vegetation occurring in swales with varying hydroperiods and/or possibly varying soil nutrients, primarily areas with fairly substantial hydroperiods. The vegetation is characterized by <i>Quercus laurifolia</i> in the canopy often occurring with <i>Quercus phellos</i>. Understory components may include <i>Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Nyssa biflora, Ditrysinia fruticosa, Sabal minor, Cephalanthus occidentalis</i>, and <i>Cornus foemina</i>. Areas with apparently slightly shorter hydroperiods or differing soil nutrients, characterized by a mixture of hydric to mesic oaks and other hardwoods in the canopy, including <i>Quercus phellos</i> which is often dominant, <i>Quercus pagoda, Quercus michauxii, Quercus nigra, Nyssa biflora</i>, and <i>Fraxinus pennsylvanica, </i>are accommodated by other associations. Subcanopy components include <i>Crataegus marshallii, Carpinus caroliniana, Ulmus alata, Ilex opaca, Liquidambar styraciflua, Acer rubrum</i>, and <i>Ulmus americana</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36129-{BC596E05-CAAE-46A3-B262-31F08F40F05E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
6
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