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Quercus phellos - (Quercus lyrata) / Carex joorii - Saccharum baldwinii Floodplain Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus phellos - (Quercus lyrata) / Carex joorii - Saccharum baldwinii Floodplain Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association occurs on lower portions of islands and levees that gently slope downward into wetter swamps of Caddo Lake, Texas, and likely includes related vegetation of adjacent Louisiana and Arkansas. The description is based on the work of Van Kley and Hine (1998). These areas are seasonally flooded on poorly drained soils. Stands are typically dominated by <i>Quercus phellos</i> with lesser amounts of <i>Quercus lyrata, Nyssa sylvatica</i>, and <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i>. Important shrubs include <i>Crataegus opaca, Diospyros virginiana, Styrax americanus, Ilex decidua</i>, and <i>Forestiera acuminata</i>. Diagnostic understory species are <i>Carex joorii</i> and <i>Saccharum baldwinii</i>. The understory vegetation may also include <i>Hibiscus moscheutos, Brunnichia ovata, Boehmeria cylindrica, Acalypha virginica, Hypericum hypericoides, Berchemia scandens, Dichanthelium dichotomum, Trachelospermum difforme</i>, and <i>Toxicodendron radicans</i>. Seedlings of <i>Diospyros virginiana, Styrax americanus, Quercus lyrata</i>, and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> may be abundant.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36530-{65B94815-7A16-4120-9285-E1AC21C007C3} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 15-Feb-2001 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.2.686831 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL008469   Translated: Willow Oak - (Overcup Oak) / Cypress Swamp Sedge - Narrow Plumegrass Floodplain Forest   Common: Caddo Lake Bottomland Oak Flat   Scientific: Quercus phellos - (Quercus lyrata) / Carex joorii - Saccharum baldwinii Floodplain Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL008469 (similar) Quercus phellos - (Quercus lyrata) / Carex joorii - Saccharum baldwinii Floodplain Forest (similar) Quercus phellos - (Quercus lyrata) / Carex joorii - Saccharum baldwinii Floodplain Forest