Name:
Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance includes mixed broad-leaved evergreen-deciduous hardwood forests in the Southeastern Coastal Plain. <i>Magnolia grandiflora</i> and <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> are characteristic species, and may be codominant in less species-rich associations. In more species-rich associations, canopy composition is very diverse and mixed, with no tree species dominating. These habitats have among the highest diversity of woody plants of any North American forest. Species composition is variable and dependent on geography, topographic position, and soil chemistry. Typical canopy species in this alliance include <i>Acer floridanum, Carya tomentosa, Carya glabra, Carya pallida, Celtis laevigata, Fagus grandifolia, Fraxinus americana, Ilex opaca, Juglans nigra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Magnolia grandiflora, Magnolia macrophylla, Oxydendrum arboreum, Persea borbonia, Pinus glabra, Pinus taeda, Quercus alba, Quercus hemisphaerica, Quercus michauxii, Quercus pagoda, Quercus shumardii, Quercus virginiana, Sabal palmetto, Sapindus saponaria, Tilia americana var. caroliniana, Ulmus alata</i>, and <i>Ulmus americana</i>. Subcanopy trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants are also diverse. <i>Tillandsia usneoides</i> and <i>Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana</i> are frequent and typical epiphytes. Vegetation which represents the drier phase of this alliance may contain more <i>Pinus glabra, Quercus alba, Quercus falcata</i>, and possibly also <i>Pinus taeda</i> than more mesic examples. These forests occur in a variety of mesic to dry-mesic, fire-sheltered situations, including slopes and ravines on sandy, clayey, or calcareous substrates in the Southeastern Coastal Plain.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38053-{BB112FDB-FBA1-441D-8885-FEACD7AB592A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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