Name:
Quercus laurifolia - Liquidambar styraciflua - Nyssa biflora Coastal Plain Floodplain Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
Stands of this stream floodplain alliance are dominated by some combination of <i>Liquidambar styraciflua, Nyssa biflora, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus nigra</i>, and <i>Quercus phellos</i>, possibly with <i>Pinus taeda</i>. Other tree and shrub taxa that may be present include <i>Betula nigra, Carya aquatica, Quercus texana</i>, and <i>Taxodium distichum</i>. In addition, <i>Asimina triloba</i> may be prominent in the understory with <i>Carpinus caroliniana, Cornus foemina, Crataegus marshallii, Crataegus spathulata, Crataegus viridis, Ilex decidua, Ilex opaca</i>, and other species. Patches of <i>Arundinaria gigantea</i> and <i>Sabal minor</i> are occasional in the shrub layer. Herbaceous taxa may include <i>Carex abscondita, Leersia virginica</i>, and <i>Symphyotrichum lanceolatum</i>. This alliance is found in the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains from Virginia to Texas, and north in the interior to Arkansas and Oklahoma. It is best documented in South Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. The habitats for vegetation of this alliance include small stream floodplains, active floodplains and in relict stream sloughs, narrow floodplains along medium-sized streams, and poorly drained to moderately well-drained silt loam soils of ridges of associated river floodplains.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38847-{710FF981-E882-413E-A1C9-CD7A2BD7720A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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