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CEGL003813 Ilex vomitoria - Quercus (geminata, virginiana) - Morella cerifera - Serenoa repens Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Yaupon - (Sand Live Oak, Live Oak) - Wax-myrtle - Saw Palmetto Shrubland
Colloquial Name: Gulf Coast Dune Yaupon - Oak Scrub
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association consists of upland shrub thickets dominated by variable mixtures of Ilex vomitoria, Quercus virginiana, Quercus geminata, Morella cerifera, Serenoa repens, and Baccharis halimifolia. It occurs on rises in Juncus roemerianus marshes, and in other upland but extreme situations on barrier islands and barrier spits along the Gulf Coast, from the panhandle of Florida west to Mississippi and perhaps the Chandeleur Islands of Louisiana, and along the Atlantic Coast from South Carolina and Georgia. It is likely maintained by edaphic conditions, as well as by periodic catastrophic disturbance of storm flooding and salt kill. Occasional low-statured Pinus elliottii may be present.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association may occur in Louisiana in the Chandeleurs. Some Florida Gulf Coast examples apparently lack oaks.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This association consists of upland shrub thickets dominated by variable mixtures of Ilex vomitoria, Quercus virginiana, Quercus geminata, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera), Serenoa repens, and Baccharis halimifolia. Occasional low-statured Pinus elliottii may be present.
Dynamics: It is likely maintained by edaphic conditions, as well as by periodic catastrophic disturbance of storm flooding and salt kill.
Environmental Description: It occurs on rises in Juncus roemerianus marshes, and in other upland but extreme situations on barrier islands and barrier spits along the Gulf Coast, from the panhandle of Florida west to Mississippi and perhaps the Chandeleur Islands of Louisiana, and along the Atlantic Coast from South Carolina and Georgia.
Geographic Range: This community type is restricted to barrier islands and barrier spits along the Gulf Coast, from the panhandle of Florida west to Mississippi and perhaps the Chandeleur Islands of Louisiana, and along the Atlantic Coast from South Carolina and Georgia.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AL, FL, GA, LA?, MS, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684040
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass | S18 | 2.B |
| Formation | 2.B.4 Temperate to Polar Scrub & Herb Coastal Vegetation Formation | F005 | 2.B.4 |
| Division | 2.B.4.Na Eastern North American Coastal Scrub & Herb Vegetation Division | D026 | 2.B.4.Na |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.4.Na.2 American Beachgrass - Sea-oats - Seaside Goldenrod Dune & Grassland Macrogroup | M057 | 2.B.4.Na.2 |
| Group | 2.B.4.Na.2.a Wax-myrtle - Sea-oats - Shore Little Bluestem Dune & Grassland Group | G494 | 2.B.4.Na.2.a |
| Alliance | A3690 Live Oak - Yaupon - Wax-myrtle Shrubland Alliance | A3690 | 2.B.4.Na.2.a |
| Association | CEGL003813 Yaupon - (Sand Live Oak, Live Oak) - Wax-myrtle - Saw Palmetto Shrubland | CEGL003813 | 2.B.4.Na.2.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- ALNHP [Alabama Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data on file. Alabama Natural Heritage Program, Auburn University.
- GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
- MSNHP [Mississippi Natural Heritage Program]. 2006. Ecological communities of Mississippi. Museum of Natural Science, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Jackson, MS. 9 pp.
- 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.