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CEGL004747 Carya glabra - Tilia americana var. caroliniana - Acer floridanum / Trillium maculatum Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Pignut Hickory - Carolina Basswood - Southern Sugar Maple / Spotted Wakerobin Forest
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is a mesic to dry-mesic forest occurring on calcareous or other base-rich or circumneutral soils in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina and possibly adjacent states. Stands are dominated by a mixture of calciphilic deciduous trees, including Acer floridanum, Carya glabra, Celtis laevigata, Fraxinus americana, Quercus pagoda, Quercus shumardii, Tilia americana var. caroliniana, Ulmus americana, and Ulmus rubra. Calciphilic small trees, shrubs, and herbs dominate, including such species as Aesculus pavia var. pavia, Arundinaria gigantea, Carex basiantha, Carex godfreyi, Cercis canadensis, Cornus asperifolia, Dichanthelium boscii, Elytraria caroliniensis, Fleischmannia incarnata, Frangula caroliniana, Morus rubra, Ostrya virginiana, Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Sabal minor, Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis, Smallanthus uvedalius, and Trillium maculatum. This association is currently broadly defined and needs additional information.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Additional information awaits analysis of South Carolina coastal dataset, gathered by North Carolina Vegetation Survey.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Stands of this mesic to dry-mesic forest association are dominated by a mixture of calciphilic deciduous trees, including Acer floridanum (= Acer barbatum), Carya glabra, Celtis laevigata, Fraxinus americana, Quercus pagoda, Quercus shumardii, Tilia americana var. caroliniana, Ulmus americana, and Ulmus rubra. Calciphilic small trees, shrubs, and herbs dominate, including such species as Aesculus pavia var. pavia, Arundinaria gigantea, Carex basiantha, Carex godfreyi, Cercis canadensis, Cornus asperifolia, Dichanthelium boscii, Elytraria caroliniensis, Fleischmannia incarnata (= Eupatorium incarnatum), Frangula caroliniana, Morus rubra, Ostrya virginiana, Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Sabal minor, Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis (= Sanicula canadensis var. floridana), Smallanthus uvedalius, and Trillium maculatum.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association is a mesic to dry-mesic forest occurring on calcareous or other base-rich or circumneutral soils in the Outer Coastal Plain of South Carolina and possibly adjacent states.
Geographic Range: This association occurs in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina and possibly adjacent states.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: GA?, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683233
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
| Subclass | 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass | S15 | 1.B |
| Formation | 1.B.1 Warm Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F018 | 1.B.1 |
| Division | 1.B.1.Na Southeastern North American Forest & Woodland Division | D006 | 1.B.1.Na |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.1.Na.3 American Beech - Southern Magnolia - White Oak Forest Macrogroup | M008 | 1.B.1.Na.3 |
| Group | 1.B.1.Na.3.b American Beech - Southern Sugar Maple - White Oak Forest Group | G166 | 1.B.1.Na.3.b |
| Alliance | A3236 Southern Sugar Maple - Shumard Oak - White Ash Coastal Plain Forest Alliance | A3236 | 1.B.1.Na.3.b |
| Association | CEGL004747 Pignut Hickory - Carolina Basswood - Southern Sugar Maple / Spotted Wakerobin Forest | CEGL004747 | 1.B.1.Na.3.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Nelson, J. B. 1986. The natural communities of South Carolina: Initial classification and description. South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Columbia, SC. 55 pp.
- North Carolina Vegetation Survey. No date. Unpublished data.
- Peet, R. K., T. R. Wentworth, M. P. Schafale, and A.S. Weakley. No date. Unpublished data of the North Carolina Vegetation Survey. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- SCWMRD [South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department]. 2018. Unpublished data. South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, Columbia.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.