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CEGL008415 Quercus falcata - Quercus stellata - (Pinus taeda) West Gulf Coastal Plain Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Southern Red Oak - Post Oak - (Loblolly Pine) West Gulf Coastal Plain Forest
Colloquial Name: West Gulf Coastal Plain Dry-Mesic Southern Red Oak Slope Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association includes predominately hardwood-dominated forests of the West Gulf Coastal Plain and Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain. Stands documented in eastern Texas vary somewhat in moisture status and range in composition from those strongly dominated by Quercus falcata in higher landscape positions to nearly equal ratios of Quercus falcata and other hardwood trees, and Pinus taeda in lower slope positions. These forests are relatively low in species diversity and have no other particularly diagnostic species. However, sites dominated by Quercus falcata in combination with other hardwoods are very rare in the region. As currently defined, this type accommodates a slight range of moisture conditions, and the vegetation is necessarily variable; however, all stands are characterized by Quercus falcata as the single most important species.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association needs further clarification in other parts of the region, especially Arkansas and Louisiana.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: All stands are characterized by Quercus falcata as the single most important species. Other woody species documented in drier vegetation plots in eastern Texas include Acer rubrum, Pinus echinata, Ilex vomitoria, Callicarpa americana, Viburnum rufidulum, Chionanthus virginicus, Liquidambar styraciflua, Forestiera ligustrina, Vaccinium arboreum, Carya cordiformis, Quercus velutina, Cornus florida, and Quercus alba. The understory, as is typical of densely shaded dry to dry-mesic forests of the region, is relatively low in species diversity and dominated by Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, and Gelsemium sempervirens. Slightly more mesic plots also have Ilex opaca, Carpinus caroliniana, Ostrya virginiana, Quercus nigra, Quercus phellos, Quercus laurifolia, and Ulmus spp.
Dynamics: The landscape in which these sites are found are predominately riparian, suggesting that natural fire frequency may have been quite low.
Environmental Description: This type occurs on the Yegua Formation in eastern Texas on mid to lower slopes and high Pleistocene terraces which do not receive overbank flooding under normal conditions. Soils at documented plot locations were mapped as 84, 88m (Moswell Series?), 85e (Eastwood?), and 52. They tested fairly low in surface pH (5.0-5.9) with sandy loam to loamy surface textures (Turner et al. unpubl. data). Stands documented in eastern Texas vary somewhat in moisture status, from dry-mesic to mesic.
Geographic Range: This type is found west of the Mississippi River in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas, the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain of Arkansas, and possibly in Louisiana.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AR, LA?, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683835
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3?
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.2 Cool Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F008 | 1.B.2 |
| Division | 1.B.2.Na Eastern North American Forest & Woodland Division | D008 | 1.B.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.2.Na.1 White Oak - Southern Red Oak - Shortleaf Pine Forest & Woodland Macrogroup | M016 | 1.B.2.Na.1 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Na.1.c White Oak - Southern Red Oak - Northern Red Oak Forest & Woodland Group | G159 | 1.B.2.Na.1.c |
| Alliance | A3288 White Oak - Southern Red Oak - Post Oak Ozark-Ouachita Forest Alliance | A3288 | 1.B.2.Na.1.c |
| Association | CEGL008415 Southern Red Oak - Post Oak - (Loblolly Pine) West Gulf Coastal Plain Forest | CEGL008415 | 1.B.2.Na.1.c |
Concept Lineage: in part
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Turner, R. L., J. E. Van Kley, L. S. Smith, and R. E. Evans. No date. Unpublished data from the national forests and adjacent areas of the West Gulf Coastal Plain. The Nature Conservancy, Nacogdoches, TX.