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Quercus stellata - Quercus falcata Wet Flatwoods Forest Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus stellata - Quercus falcata Wet Flatwoods Forest Alliance Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: Examples typically have canopies dominated by <i>Quercus falcata</i> and <i>Quercus stellata</i>, and may also contain some <i>Carya tomentosa</i> and <i>Quercus alba</i>. The ground cover is predominantly leaf litter, and most occurrences are thought to be fire-suppressed. The coastal plain examples are more likely to contain <i>Pinus taeda</i>. Understories vary from open to sparse. Shrubs include <i>Callicarpa americana, Ilex vomitoria</i>, and <i>Ulmus alata</i>, and the ground layer may contain <i>Carex complanata, Carex glaucescens, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum</i>, and/or <i>Chasmanthium laxum</i>. Examples in the West Gulf Coastal Plain occur in slight topographic depressions or shallow ponds on Pleistocene high terraces. These forests are considered to be seasonally flooded since during average years they hold water for a portion of the growing season, albeit for very short duration. These areas may be best thought of as "flatwoods" as the source of the water in the depressions results from precipitation. In the Interior Low Plateau and adjacent areas of the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain of the southern United States, stands occur on somewhat poorly drained sites. The Interior Low Plateau and East Gulf Coastal Plain examples are known historically from the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain of western Kentucky (eastern Gulf Coastal Plain on tertiary terraces), western Tennessee, and northwestern Mississippi (the "flatwoods belt"), as well as the Shawnee Hills and the Knobs region of Kentucky.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38731-{C135D104-F52D-4E22-9B3F-E456B31AFE29} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 08-Jan-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus laurifolia - Quercus phellos - Pinus taeda Wet Flatwoods Group This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Quercus falcata Wet Flatwoods Forest   Quercus stellata - Pinus taeda Flatwoods Wet Forest		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899568 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A3445   Translated: Post Oak - Southern Red Oak Wet Flatwoods Forest Alliance   Common: Interior & West Gulf Coastal Plain Oak Wet Flatwoods Forest   Scientific: Quercus stellata - Quercus falcata Wet Flatwoods Forest Alliance