Name:
Quercus shumardii - Quercus michauxii - Quercus nigra / Acer floridanum - Tilia americana var. heterophylla Swamp Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This association covers bottomland forests of the southern Piedmont of Georgia and South Carolina, the Piedmont-Ridge and Valley transition region of Alabama, the adjacent Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain of Georgia, and the Southern Ridge and Valley of Georgia and Tennessee. Stands occur in broad flat floodplains of medium-sized rivers, or as smaller occurrences along creeks and their adjacent floodplains. The diverse canopy is primarily composed of bottomland terrace species, but may also contain some levee species which would normally sort out better along a hydrologic gradient in the larger floodplains of the Coastal Plain. The canopy of stands is typically dominated by <i>Quercus shumardii</i> and <i>Quercus michauxii</i> with <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> and <i>Quercus nigra</i>. This type is found either in the outer edges of the Piedmont, in the transition area to the Ridge and Valley, or just barely coastward of the Fall-line, so <i>Quercus pagoda</i> is either not present at all, or if present it is at very low frequency. Other canopy and/or subcanopy species may include <i>Acer floridanum, Liriodendron tulipifera, Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Carya cordiformis</i> (which may have high cover), <i>Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Juglans nigra, Quercus phellos</i>, and <i>Pinus taeda</i>. Occasionally, <i>Celtis laevigata, Platanus occidentalis</i> or <i>Betula nigra</i> may be present at low values, but they are not characteristic and may signal the start of a different bottomland community type when noted in large quantities. The rare tree <i>Quercus oglethorpensis</i> may be present within its limited range in the driest versions of this community (e.g., in Elbert and Wilkes counties of Piedmont Georgia and Greenwood and McCormick counties of Piedmont South Carolina). Shrubs include <i>Arundinaria gigantea</i> (which may be dominant in some stands), <i>Lindera benzoin, Ilex decidua, Callicarpa americana</i>, and <i>Corylus americana</i>. Woody vines may be prominent in stands. The herb stratum is fairly diverse.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36548-{8405E541-73D7-4823-AE15-67A869FAB8F8}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
31
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