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Quercus stellata - Pinus taeda Flatwoods Wet Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus stellata - Pinus taeda Flatwoods Wet Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association is found in the West and Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain ecoregions of eastern Texas and possibly adjacent areas of western Louisiana and Arkansas. Stands occur in slight topographic depressions or shallow ponds on Pleistocene high terraces. These forests are considered to be seasonally flooded since during average years they hold water for a portion of the growing season, albeit for very short duration. These areas may be best thought of as "flatwoods" as the source of the water in the depressions results from precipitation. These areas are dominated by <i>Quercus stellata</i> and <i>Pinus taeda</i> with average canopy cover of 80% or greater. No other tree species have been documented in the canopy of known examples. The understory is very open to sparse and contains <i>Chasmanthium sessiliflorum</i> and <i>Chasmanthium laxum</i> and relatively few additional species. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36636-{F3CE7BAD-8707-42BC-B3E1-80F9E0FABBB1}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 2
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 20-May-2002 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683596 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL008587
  Translated: Post Oak - Loblolly Pine Flatwoods Wet Forest
  Common: West Gulf Coastal Plain Post Oak - Loblolly Pine Flatwoods
  Scientific: Quercus stellata - Pinus taeda Flatwoods Wet Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL008587
(similar) Quercus stellata - Pinus taeda Flatwoods Depression Forest
(similar) Quercus stellata - Pinus taeda Flatwoods Depression Forest