Name:
Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda Wet Flatwoods Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance includes hardwood forests of nonriverine flats and other areas with a saturated hydrology in the coastal plains of the southeastern United States from the Carolinas south to Georgia. Examples are dominated by <i>Quercus michauxii</i> and <i>Quercus pagoda</i>, with <i>Carya aquatica, Carya cordiformis, Fagus grandifolia, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus alba, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus lyrata</i>, and <i>Quercus nigra</i>. Common woody plants in the understory typically include <i>Acer rubrum, Asimina triloba, Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana, Clethra alnifolia, Cornus foemina, Ilex opaca var. opaca, Leucothoe axillaris</i>, and <i>Lindera benzoin var. benzoin</i>. In addition, <i>Sabal minor</i> is conspicuous in the shrub stratum. Characteristic shrub and herbaceous species include <i>Arisaema triphyllum, Arundinaria gigantea, Boehmeria cylindrica, Itea virginica, Eubotrys racemosa, Vaccinium formosum</i>, and others. Hydrology and species composition separate these communities from alluvial bottomland communities with similar canopy composition. These forests are seasonally saturated and are on the borderline between upland and wetland.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38729-{0ADF8A6A-3EC1-44B2-A152-6DF40F2F5F88}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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