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CEGL007226 Quercus alba - Carya glabra / Mixed Herbs Coastal Plain Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: White Oak - Pignut Hickory / Mixed Herbs Coastal Plain Forest

Colloquial Name: Coastal Plain Acidic Mesic Oak - Hickory Forest

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This community is an oak-hickory forest of the East Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi, extending into adjacent areas, including possibly Alabama and Georgia. The canopy of stands of this type documented in Mississippi are dominated by Quercus alba with a significant amount of hickory (especially Carya glabra) also present. These stands lack Quercus rubra, Quercus falcata, and Quercus stellata. Minor amounts of Quercus coccinea are present in some stands. Other overstory trees known to be present include Pinus echinata.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: This association needs clarification and expansion, and subsequent range determination.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available

Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: The actual range of this association is not known; it could include parts of the East Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi, extending into adjacent areas, including possibly Alabama and Georgia.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  AL?, GA?, MS




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G4?

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: No Data Available

Concept Author(s): D.J. Allard

Author of Description: D.J. Allard, A.S. Weakley, K.D. Patterson, S. Landaal

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 07-26-11

  • GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
  • NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern United States. No date. Unpublished data. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
  • 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 Unpublished data of the North Carolina Vegetation Survey.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.
  • Wieland, Ron G. Unpublished data. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Museum of Natural Science, Natural Heritage Program, Jackson, MS.