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Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Quercus spp. Forest Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Quercus spp. Forest Group
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This group occurs on the southern Gulf and Atlantic coastal plains on slopes, bluffs, or sheltered ravines where fire is naturally rare. It is generally within the warm temperate broadleaf evergreen climate zone, represented by the range of <i>Magnolia grandiflora</i>. Stands are mesic or dry-mesic, and vegetation typically includes species such as <i>Fagus grandifolia, Magnolia grandiflora, Pinus glabra</i> (east of the Mississippi River), and other species rarely encountered outside this group in the region. Other canopy taxa may include <i>Quercus</i> spp., <i>Carya</i> spp., <i>Liriodendron tulipifera, Liquidambar styraciflua</i>, and others. There is a mixture of broadleaf evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs, and there also tend to be spring ephemeral wildflowers typical of areas further north, such as <i>Trillium</i> spp. Some component associations are also found in temporarily flooded floodplains adjacent to these slopes, but this is primarily an upland type. Soils are generally deep, but can be quite variable in texture and reaction chemistry, ranging from coarse to loamy and from basic to acidic. They are not saturated for any significant time during the growing season and seldom, if ever, are extremely dry. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39745-{136A8DFE-E89F-4938-AD2F-1B0A3631BD3B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 12-May-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.833201 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: G007
  Scientific: Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Quercus spp. Forest Group