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CEGL007426 Gleditsia aquatica - Carya aquatica Swamp Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Water-locust - Water Hickory Swamp Forest
Colloquial Name: Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Water-locust - Water Hickory Swamp Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This bottomland hardwood association, primarily distributed in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain, is typically dominated by Gleditsia aquatica and Carya aquatica. Some occurrences may contain no other canopy species. Stands of this type vary from those with 90% or more Carya aquatica with a heavy vine component and a subcanopy/shrub layer with Planera aquatica and Forestiera acuminata (especially at the juncture of the Red and Mississippi rivers) to those with some Quercus lyrata and Celtis laevigata. This vegetation type occurs in sites just slightly higher and drier than those that are dominated by Taxodium distichum and Nyssa aquatica, and slightly lower and wetter than those dominated by Quercus lyrata.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: See Wharton et al. 1982.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This bottomland hardwood association is typically dominated by Gleditsia aquatica and Carya aquatica. Some occurrences may contain no other canopy species. Stands of this type vary from those with 90% or more Carya aquatica with a heavy vine component and a subcanopy/shrub layer with Planera aquatica and Forestiera acuminata (especially at the juncture of the Red and Mississippi rivers) to those with some Quercus lyrata and Celtis laevigata.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This vegetation type occurs in sites just slightly higher and drier than those that are dominated by Taxodium distichum and Nyssa aquatica, and slightly lower and wetter than those dominated by Quercus lyrata.
Geographic Range: This association is found in the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States, primarily in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AR, LA, MS, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684707
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.3 Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest Formation | F026 | 1.B.3 |
| Division | 1.B.3.Nb Southeastern North American Flooded & Swamp Forest Division | D062 | 1.B.3.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.3.Nb.4 Swamp Chestnut Oak - Bald-cypress - Pecan Southern Floodplain Forest Macrogroup | M031 | 1.B.3.Nb.4 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nb.4.c Bald-cypress - Water Tupelo Floodplain Forest Group | G033 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.c |
| Alliance | A3592 Red Maple - Water-locust - Pumpkin Ash Swamp Forest Alliance | A3592 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.c |
| Association | CEGL007426 Water-locust - Water Hickory Swamp Forest | CEGL007426 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- LNHP [Louisiana Natural Heritage Program]. 2009. Natural communities of Louisiana. Louisiana Natural Heritage Program, Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, Baton Rouge. 46 pp. [http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/page_wildlife/6776-Rare%20Natural%20Communities/LA_NAT_COM.pdf]
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Wharton, C. H., W. M. Kitchens, E. C. Pendleton, and T. W. Sipe. 1982. The ecology of bottomland hardwood swamps of the Southeast: A community profile. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services. FWS/OBS-81/37. Washington, DC.