Name:
Quercus shumardii - Quercus pagoda - Fraxinus americana Coastal Plain Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance includes mesic upland oak forests of the Southeastern Coastal Plain, which occur over calcareous substrates as well as over loess deposits. The canopies of stands are typically dominated by some combination of <i>Quercus pagoda</i> and <i>Quercus shumardii</i>, with <i>Acer floridanum, Carya</i> spp., <i>Fraxinus americana, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus falcata, Quercus muehlenbergii, Quercus michauxii</i>, and <i>Ulmus</i> spp. Stands may also contain <i>Diospyros virginiana, Fagus grandifolia, Gleditsia triacanthos, Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana, Juglans nigra, Liriodendron tulipifera, Magnolia acuminata, Morus rubra, Pinus taeda</i>, and <i>Tilia americana</i>. The somewhat rare <i>Carya myristiciformis</i> may be present within its range. As presently circumscribed, this alliance includes rich forests of lower slopes above cypress or bottomland hardwood forests, as well as oak or oak-hardwood forests adjacent to Keiffer Prairies or Jackson Prairies of Louisiana, and other forests found over limestones or other basic to circumneutral strata in the East Gulf Coastal Plain and Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38522-{C301D715-4A5D-4F37-A034-215E0F2660D6}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
0
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