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Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos - (Pinus taeda) / Crataegus marshallii / Smilax smallii Floodplain Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos - (Pinus taeda) / Crataegus marshallii / Smilax smallii Floodplain Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This hydric forest community occurs in on broad, poorly drained, sandy flats between <i>Quercus nigra</i> forests and <i>Quercus phellos</i> flats on overflow bottoms on the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain of southern Arkansas. The canopy is moderately tall (24+ m [80+ feet]) and usually closed. Dominant trees include <i>Quercus nigra</i> and <i>Quercus phellos</i> commonly with <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. Other overstory trees may include <i>Pinus taeda</i> and <i>Ulmus americana</i>. <i>Pinus taeda</i> was a common component of this forest type historically and stumps are extant. The understory is dominated by <i>Ilex opaca</i> with <i>Crataegus marshallii</i> and occasional <i>Carpinus caroliniana, Diospyros virginiana</i>, and <i>Ilex decidua</i>. <i>Fraxinus pennsylvanica</i> is common in the understory but no large trees are extant. Shrubs are uncommon. Many woody vines are present, including <i>Berchemia scandens, Bignonia capreolata, Campsis radicans, Smilax bona-nox, Smilax rotundifolia, Smilax smallii, Toxicodendron radicans</i>, and <i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>. The herbaceous layer is moderately dense and dominated by <i>Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum</i>. Oak leaf litter covers the soil but not deeply. This community is known from several sites in the Ouachita River Basin, and likely occurs throughout this area, and apparently related areas of the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain (e.g., Arkansas River) in Arkansas as well.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36153-{CB893F4F-FF5E-479C-BD76-8569E7CA7117} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 21-Dec-1999 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus phellos - Quercus nigra Coastal Plain Floodplain Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685208 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL007985   Translated: Water Oak - Willow Oak - (Loblolly Pine) / Parsley Hawthorn / Lanceleaf Greenbrier Floodplain Forest   Common: Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Water Oak - Willow Oak Overflow Bottom Forest   Scientific: Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos - (Pinus taeda) / Crataegus marshallii / Smilax smallii Floodplain Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL007985 (similar) Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos - (Pinus taeda) / Crataegus marshallii / Smilax smallii Forest (similar) Quercus nigra - Quercus phellos - (Pinus taeda) / Crataegus marshallii / Smilax smallii Forest