Name:
Quercus velutina - Carya pallida - (Pinus echinata) / Vaccinium arboreum / Yucca filamentosa Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This dry to dry-mesic forest of the East Gulf Coastal Plain is dominated by <i>Quercus velutina</i> with smaller amounts of <i>Quercus alba, Carya pallida</i>, and <i>Carya glabra</i>. The relatively high importance value for <i>Quercus velutina</i> is distinctive and characteristic. Other <i>Quercus</i> species may be present in the canopy (for example <i>Quercus falcata, Quercus laevis</i>, and <i>Quercus margarettae</i>) as well as <i>Pinus taeda</i> and occasional <i>Pinus palustris</i>. The precise canopy values for the codominant or associated species may depend greatly on the relative isolation from natural fire of the habitat, and the length of the fire-return time for a particular stand. The subcanopy may contain any of the canopy species. The open tall-shrub stratum includes <i>Vaccinium arboreum</i> (which may dominate), <i>Osmanthus americanus, Acer floridanum, Cornus florida</i>, and <i>Ilex opaca</i> (an occasional individual of which could enter the subcanopy). The stature and abundance of components in this stratum could vary greatly with the recent fire history. Low shrubs include <i>Vaccinium stamineum, Quercus hemisphaerica, Viburnum rufidulum, Sideroxylon lanuginosum, Diospyros virginiana, Asimina parviflora, Aesculus pavia, Liquidambar styraciflua</i>, and <i>Yucca filamentosa</i> (which may be prominent in this stratum). The sparse to patchy ground layer contains <i>Smilax pumila, Vitis rotundifolia, Gelsemium sempervirens, Danthonia sericea, Schizachyrium scoparium, Coreopsis major, Tephrosia virginiana</i>, and <i>Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36606-{5F5AFAE3-01B5-4B31-8DC6-FEF84D92B622}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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