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CEGL004695 Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Quercus laurifolia - Quercus lyrata - Carya aquatica Floodplain Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Green Ash - Laurel Oak - Overcup Oak - Water Hickory Floodplain Forest
Colloquial Name: Green Ash - Laurel Oak - Overcup Oak Brownwater Levee Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This floodplain forest occurs on low natural levees along brownwater rivers of the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North Carolina and possibly other adjacent states. The canopy of these forests is dominated by mixtures of Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus lyrata, and Carya aquatica, with significant amounts of Nyssa aquatica and Taxodium distichum. Other canopy species may include Acer rubrum, Celtis laevigata, Platanus occidentalis, Betula nigra, Acer negundo, Acer saccharinum, Liquidambar styraciflua, and Ulmus americana. This type occurs on low levees in the lower reaches of rivers, where more species tolerant of more inundation, such as Quercus lyrata and Carya aquatica, are major components, in combination with characteristic levee species listed above.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: In Virginia, where related vegetation is relatively uncommon and in a restricted geography, it is treated as ~Taxodium distichum - Nyssa aquatica - Nyssa biflora / Fraxinus caroliniana / Itea virginica Floodplain Forest (CEGL007432)$$.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The canopy of these forests is dominated by mixtures of Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus lyrata, and Carya aquatica, with significant amounts of Nyssa aquatica and Taxodium distichum. Other canopy species may include Acer rubrum, Celtis laevigata, Platanus occidentalis, Betula nigra, Acer negundo, Acer saccharinum, Liquidambar styraciflua, and Ulmus americana.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: Forest of low natural levees along brownwater rivers of the Coastal Plain. This type occurs on low levees in the lower reaches of rivers, where more species tolerant of more inundation, such as Quercus lyrata and Carya aquatica, are major components, in combination with characteristic levee species.
Geographic Range: These brownwater levee forests are found in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North Carolina and possibly other adjacent states.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NC, VA?
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3G4
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.a Swamp Chestnut Oak - Laurel Oak - Sweetgum Floodplain Forest Group | G034 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.a |
| Alliance | A3625 Sweetgum - Green Ash - Red Maple Flooded & Swamp Forest Alliance | A3625 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.a |
| Association | CEGL004695 Green Ash - Laurel Oak - Overcup Oak - Water Hickory Floodplain Forest | CEGL004695 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Coastal Plain Levee Forest (Brownwater Subtype) (Schafale and Weakley 1990)
- 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.
- Schafale, M. P. 2012. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina, 4th Approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh.
- Schafale, M. P., and A. S. Weakley. 1990. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina. Third approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh. 325 pp.
- Schafale, Mike P. Personal communication. Ecologist, North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.