Name:
Platanus occidentalis - Liquidambar styraciflua - Liriodendron tulipifera Southern Appalachian Floodplain Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
These are diverse floodplain forests with variable composition, typically dominated by some combination of <i>Celtis laevigata, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera, Platanus occidentalis</i>, and <i>Ulmus americana</i>. Stands also probably include <i>Acer negundo, Carya cordiformis, Celtis occidentalis, Juglans nigra, Salix nigra</i>, and <i>Ulmus alata</i>. The understory may be dense and typically contains <i>Asimina triloba, Crataegus spathulata</i>, and <i>Lindera benzoin</i>. Examples are found in the interior south of the United States, including the Interior Low Plateau, southern Cumberlands/Ridge and Valley, the Piedmont, and the adjacent Southern Blue Ridge from Alabama north to the Carolinas and west to Kentucky and Tennessee. One association known from the Piedmont and the lower elevations of the adjacent Southern Blue Ridge may contain <i>Betula alleghaniensis</i> and/or <i>Betula lenta</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38916-{5981AB83-D817-45AE-8CBD-F3F78D3D66AF}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
0
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