Name:
Pinus taeda - Quercus alba / Viburnum spp. Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance accommodates mixed forests of the West Gulf Coastal Plain that are dominated by <i>Pinus taeda</i>, possibly with <i>Pinus echinata</i>, and mixed hardwoods, particularly <i>Quercus alba, Quercus nigra, Quercus michauxii, Quercus pagoda, Quercus laurifolia</i>, and <i>Quercus phellos</i>. Other associated hardwoods may include <i>Nyssa sylvatica, Liquidambar styraciflua, Fagus grandifolia, Acer rubrum, Carya tomentosa, Carya cordiformis</i>, and others. The subcanopy may include canopy species as well as <i>Ilex opaca var. opaca, Ostrya virginiana, Carpinus caroliniana, Prunus mexicana</i>, and <i>Cornus florida</i>. The short-shrub stratum may include canopy and subcanopy species, in addition to some combination of <i>Callicarpa americana, Symplocos tinctoria, Morella cerifera, Vaccinium elliottii, Viburnum dentatum</i>, and <i>Viburnum acerifolium</i>. This alliance includes natural forests occurring in the coastal plains west of the Mississippi River. Forests in this alliance dominate the landscape in the region between longleaf pine belt and Ouachitas, and west of longleaf pine range in Texas. Within the range of longleaf pine, this vegetation may occur on "peninsulas" in the Fragipan Loam Hills Subsection of Louisiana, and on hills in the western part of this subsection. The alliance also includes associations from some more non-acidic substrates, including hilltops and upper slopes in Louisiana associated with the Cook Mountain Formation and with calcareous prairies on the Fleming Formation in eastern Texas. It includes mesic to dry-mesic forests with mixed evergreen and deciduous canopies where <i>Pinus echinata</i> and one or more of the nominal <i>Quercus</i> spp. occur in varying ratios. In some associations <i>Pinus taeda</i> may be a dominant evergreen canopy component.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38418-{9B9095EF-D6A0-4D6E-A83D-AC1813DAC98B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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