Name:
Quercus hemisphaerica - Carya glabra - Magnolia grandiflora Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance includes coastal plain dry-mesic to dry sandy forests from Georgia through Florida to Mississippi, dominated or codominated by the evergreen oak <i>Quercus hemisphaerica</i>, with a mixed broad-leaved evergreen-deciduous composition. In addition to <i>Quercus hemisphaerica</i>, typical species include <i>Carya glabra, Carya pallida, Magnolia grandiflora, Osmanthus americanus var. americanus, Pinus glabra, Pinus taeda</i>, and <i>Quercus virginiana</i>. Other shrubs and vines may include <i>Ilex opaca var. opaca, Ilex vomitoria, Persea borbonia, Vaccinium arboreum</i>, and <i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>. In addition, <i>Sabal palmetto</i> may also be present. The epiphytes <i>Pleopeltis polypodioides</i> and <i>Tillandsia usneoides</i> may be present. Dominance by <i>Quercus hemisphaerica</i> indicates that fire has been excluded from these forests for a period of many years; <i>Quercus hemisphaerica</i> is probably more widespread than in presettlement times. In Florida, this vegetation is partly described as well-developed xeric forest dominated by <i>Quercus hemisphaerica, Quercus virginiana</i>, and <i>Magnolia grandiflora</i> in the canopy, and <i>Persea borbonia, Ilex opaca</i>, and <i>Carya glabra</i> in the understory. This is primarily an alliance of inland, non-maritime environments, but at least one association is attributed to maritime sites on barrier islands.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38055-{53ED25EE-5534-4A0D-9CEE-C2ACED1D79AB}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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