Name:
Quercus phellos - Quercus nigra Coastal Plain Floodplain Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
The forests of this alliance are typically dominated by some combination of <i>Quercus phellos, Quercus nigra</i>, and/or <i>Quercus laurifolia</i>, and are found throughout the southern coastal plains and some adjacent areas. Dominant and associated species vary with geographic location and landscape setting. Associated canopy species include <i>Acer rubrum, Carya tomentosa, Carya aquatica, Carya glabra, Celtis laevigata, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Liquidambar styraciflua, Magnolia virginiana, Nyssa biflora, Pinus glabra, Pinus taeda, Quercus michauxii, Quercus pagoda, Quercus similis, Quercus texana, Taxodium distichum</i>, and <i>Ulmus alata</i>. These forests may occur on topographically higher portions of large, relatively high-gradient floodplains or in small, relatively low-gradient floodplains in which the landforms are too small and/or too poorly developed to create much consistent local topographic relief. These forests are found in the Atlantic and East Gulf coastal plains, and usually occur more frequently in association with blackwater / low-sediment / low-nutrient rivers and streams than with brownwater ones. They occur on very acidic to mildly alkaline soils, such as Portland, Tensas, and Hebert silt loams.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38852-{2F440636-D1F8-4C7C-BCA9-9C207599DC57}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
0
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