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Quercus fusiformis - Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii Forest Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus fusiformis - Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii Forest Group Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This vegetation represents tall and short-statured woodlands, forest mottes, and savannas dominated by <i>Quercus fusiformis</i> occurring on deep sands in coastal and near-coastal areas of Texas south of the Brazoria River. Patch size may be small to large and examples are often associated with a matrix of deep sand grassland vegetation. The deep sands on which this vegetation occurs are relictual Pleistocene-aged barrier-strandplains, and Holocene-aged eolian deposits. Topography varies from larger dunes to smaller ridges and swales. Important processes include sand movement and moisture variability in the ridge-and-swale topography. In addition to <i>Quercus fusiformis</i>, the shrub <i>Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii</i>, vine <i>Vitis mustangensis</i>, and grasses and forbs <i>Froelichia floridana, Helianthemum georgianum, Paspalum plicatulum, Schizachyrium littorale</i>, and <i>Thelesperma nuecense</i> are also a fairly constant across the range of this group. Otherwise, species composition varies in a north-south gradient, with northern expressions including species more common in the southeastern U.S., and southern expressions including species more common in southern, southwestern and central Texas. Some examples of this vegetation have been very much reduced due to commercial and residential development in coastal areas.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40369-{2182357B-3384-4D61-AA3F-AFB668D788E5} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 22-May-2015 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus virginiana - Quercus fusiformis - Quercus hemisphaerica Forest Macrogroup This Community's Level: Group This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Quercus fusiformis - Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii Forest Alliance		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.933367 NatureServe Explorer   Code: G799   Scientific: Quercus fusiformis - Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii Forest Group