Name:
Quercus alba - Quercus nigra - Sabal minor Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance includes hardwood forests of the Southern Coastal Plain codominated by <i>Quercus alba</i>. Stands are intermediate in moisture status, falling between the most mesic <i>Quercus alba</i> forests in which <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> is usually codominant, and drier <i>Quercus alba</i> forests in which <i>Quercus falcata</i> or <i>Quercus stellata</i> are codominant. While limited amounts of <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> may be present in the most mesic occurrences, examples in which <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> is a dominant species would be accommodated in another alliance. <i>Quercus nigra</i> is given as a nominal for its value as an indicator species, not necessarily as a canopy codominant. Associated species include <i>Carya tomentosa, Carya glabra, Carya ovalis, Carya pallida, Liquidambar styraciflua, Nyssa sylvatica, Pinus echinata, Pinus taeda, Quercus falcata, Quercus stellata</i>, and <i>Quercus velutina</i>. More mesic stands may have <i>Callicarpa americana, Euonymus americanus, Fagus grandifolia, Galium</i> spp., <i>Gelsemium sempervirens, Hamamelis virginiana, Magnolia grandiflora, Magnolia macrophylla, Morus rubra, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus pagoda</i>, and <i>Sanicula</i> spp.; while drier examples will be more likely to have <i>Acer rubrum, Chimaphila maculata, Cornus florida, Oxydendrum arboreum, Prunus serotina var. serotina, Quercus stellata</i>, and <i>Vaccinium stamineum</i>. The herbaceous stratum usually is sparse, species may include <i>Chimaphila maculata, Coreopsis major, Elephantopus</i> spp., <i>Hexastylis arifolia, Hieracium venosum</i>, and <i>Tephrosia virginiana</i>. These forests are found in the Southern Coastal Plain of South Carolina, west to the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas. Forests in this alliance can occur on a variety of sites, including sandy swamp islands, coastal plain slopes, ridgetops, and other dry to dry-mesic fire-sheltered areas on acidic to circumneutral soils.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38407-{BF5650D0-6B04-4A68-8B58-18B24A0A3173}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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