Name:
Quercus lyrata - Quercus stellata - Nyssa sylvatica Flatwoods & Pond Forest Group
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
These primarily <i>Quercus</i>-dominated nonriverine wetland forests are found in ponds, wet depressions, flats along small streams, and other related environments from Maryland south to Alabama and Georgia, and north and west to Kentucky, Missouri and possibly Oklahoma. They encompass a variety of hydroperiods from longer (wetter) areas dominated by <i>Quercus lyrata</i> and <i>Quercus phellos</i>, to shorter mesic or seasonally wet environments dominated by <i>Quercus alba, Nyssa sylvatica</i>, and/or <i>Quercus stellata</i>. Other trees that may be present include <i>Betula nigra, Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Fraxinus americana, Liquidambar styraciflua, Nyssa biflora, Quercus michauxii, Quercus oglethorpensis, Quercus shumardii</i>, and <i>Quercus similis</i>. Shrubs may include <i>Cephalanthus occidentalis</i> and <i>Lyonia lucida</i>. Herbs may include <i>Carex albolutescens, Carex intumescens, Carex joorii, Chasmanthium laxum, Cinna arundinacea, Croton michauxii var. ellipticus, Danthonia spicata, Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana, Zephyranthes atamasca</i>, and the moss <i>Climacium americanum</i>. The component associations are primarily from the Interior Low Plateau, southern Piedmont, Ridge and Valley/Cumberlands, and Ozarks, with some more peripheral occurrences in the northern Piedmont, mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain, and Ouachitas.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40302-{7507A268-E0A0-417F-A9E2-2FAF20D8E5CC}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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