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CEGL007862 Quercus alba - Quercus nigra / Ilex opaca / Clethra alnifolia - Arundinaria tecta Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: White Oak - Water Oak / American Holly / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush - Switch Cane Forest
Colloquial Name: Atlantic Coastal Plain Submesic White Oak Bluff Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occurs on submesic Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain bluffs. The canopy is dominated by Quercus alba, Quercus nigra, and Quercus falcata, with lesser amounts of Carya pallida, Nyssa sylvatica, and others. Additional species which may be present as common components primarily as a result of disturbance include Pinus taeda, Acer rubrum var. rubrum, and Liquidambar styraciflua. The subcanopy includes canopy species as well as Ilex opaca var. opaca, Oxydendrum arboreum, and Cornus florida. The shrub layer is often dense and is dominated by Clethra alnifolia and Arundinaria tecta.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This community needs additional assessment and rangewide analysis, in particular comparison and resolution relative to the somewhat conceptual ~Quercus alba - Carya glabra / Mixed Herbs Coastal Plain Forest (CEGL007226)$$.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The canopy of this association is dominated by Quercus alba, Quercus nigra, and Quercus falcata, with lesser amounts of Carya pallida, Nyssa sylvatica, and others. Additional species which may be present as common components primarily as a result of disturbance include Pinus taeda, Acer rubrum var. rubrum, and Liquidambar styraciflua. The subcanopy includes canopy species as well as Ilex opaca var. opaca, Oxydendrum arboreum, and Cornus florida. The shrub layer is often dense and is dominated by Clethra alnifolia and Arundinaria tecta (= Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta).
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community occurs on submesic Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain bluffs.
Geographic Range: This community is known from the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain but its validity and full distribution have not been ascertained.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NC?
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683676
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4?
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 | A3234 White Oak - Mockernut Hickory Mesic Coastal Plain Forest Alliance | A3234 | 1.B.1.Na.3.b |
| Association | CEGL007862 White Oak - Water Oak / American Holly / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush - Switch Cane Forest | CEGL007862 | 1.B.1.Na.3.b |
Concept Lineage: duplicate
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: >< CT-C. Mixed oak - pine slope (Frost and Musselman 1987)
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Frost, C. C., and L. J. Musselman. 1987. History and vegetation of the Blackwater Ecologic Preserve. Castanea 52:16-46.