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CEGL004534 Pinus glabra - Quercus laurifolia / Crataegus opaca / Sabal minor Wet Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Spruce Pine - Laurel Oak / Riverflat Hawthorn / Dwarf Palmetto Wet Forest
Colloquial Name: Louisiana Wet Spruce Pine - Hardwood Flatwoods Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occurs on hydric, acidic silt loams (Encrow, Gilbert, and Springfield series), on broad, low flats, in small to large depressional areas, and along small, intermittent, ill-defined drainages ("slashes"), on the Pleistocene prairie terraces in the southwestern portion of the Florida parishes of southeastern Louisiana. Characteristic canopy trees include Pinus glabra, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus phellos, Quercus michauxii, Quercus nigra, Quercus pagoda, Quercus virginiana, Pinus taeda, Nyssa biflora, Nyssa sylvatica, Magnolia grandiflora, Salix nigra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Carya glabra, Acer rubrum, and Fraxinus pennsylvanica. Understory trees and shrubs include Crataegus opaca and Sabal minor (often very abundant or dominant), Arundinaria tecta, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Diospyros virginiana, Cornus foemina, Crataegus viridis, Ilex opaca var. opaca, Ilex decidua, Itea virginica, Morella cerifera, Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis, Styrax americanus, and Viburnum dentatum. Woody vines include Nekemias arborea, Berchemia scandens, Brunnichia ovata, Campsis radicans, Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans, Smilax glauca, Smilax rotundifolia, and Vitis rotundifolia. Herbs include Boehmeria cylindrica, Carex spp., Chasmanthium latifolium, Chasmanthium laxum, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Cyperus spp., Gratiola virginiana, Hygrophila lacustris, Juncus spp., Justicia ovata, Ludwigia spp., Lycopus rubellus, Lycopus virginicus, Lysimachia radicans, Onoclea sensibilis, Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis, Phanopyrum gymnocarpon, Polygonum spp., Rhynchospora spp., Sabatia calycina, Saccharum giganteum, Saururus cernuus, Scirpus cyperinus, Schoenoplectus spp., Solidago gigantea, Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens, Triadenum walteri, Vernonia gigantea, and Woodwardia areolata.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association is restricted in distribution to the East Gulf Coastal Plain. Description is based on Smith (1996b).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Characteristic canopy trees include Pinus glabra, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus phellos, Quercus michauxii, Quercus nigra, Quercus pagoda, Quercus virginiana, Pinus taeda, Nyssa biflora, Nyssa sylvatica, Magnolia grandiflora, Salix nigra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Carya glabra, Acer rubrum, and Fraxinus pennsylvanica. Understory trees and shrubs include Crataegus opaca and Sabal minor (often very abundant or dominant), Arundinaria tecta (= Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta), Cephalanthus occidentalis, Diospyros virginiana, Cornus foemina, Crataegus viridis, Ilex opaca var. opaca, Ilex decidua, Itea virginica, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera), Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (= Sambucus canadensis), Styrax americanus, and Viburnum dentatum. Woody vines include Nekemias arborea (= Ampelopsis arborea), Berchemia scandens, Brunnichia ovata, Campsis radicans, Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans, Smilax glauca, Smilax rotundifolia, and Vitis rotundifolia. Herbs include Boehmeria cylindrica, Carex spp., Chasmanthium latifolium, Chasmanthium laxum, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Cyperus spp., Gratiola virginiana, Hygrophila lacustris, Juncus spp., Justicia ovata, Ludwigia spp., Lycopus rubellus, Lycopus virginicus, Lysimachia radicans, Onoclea sensibilis, Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis, Phanopyrum gymnocarpon, Polygonum spp., Rhynchospora spp., Sabatia calycina, Saccharum giganteum, Saururus cernuus, Scirpus cyperinus, Schoenoplectus spp. (= Scirpus spp.), Solidago gigantea, Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens, Triadenum walteri, Vernonia gigantea, and Woodwardia areolata.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community occurs on hydric, acidic silt loams (Encrow, Gilbert, and Springfield series), on broad, low flats, in small to large depressional areas, and along small, intermittent, ill-defined drainages ("slashes"), on the Pleistocene prairie terraces in the southwestern portion of the Florida parishes of southeastern Louisiana.
Geographic Range: This community occurs in the southwestern portion of the Florida parishes of southeastern Louisiana.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: LA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685316
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1G2
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.2 Swamp Tupelo - Swamp Chestnut Oak - Bald-cypress Basin Swamp & Flatwoods Macrogroup | M033 | 1.B.3.Nb.2 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nb.2.b Laurel Oak - Willow Oak - Loblolly Pine Wet Flatwoods Group | G130 | 1.B.3.Nb.2.b |
| Alliance | A4190 Loblolly Pine - Laurel Oak - Willow Oak West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Forest Alliance | A4190 | 1.B.3.Nb.2.b |
| Association | CEGL004534 Spruce Pine - Laurel Oak / Riverflat Hawthorn / Dwarf Palmetto Wet Forest | CEGL004534 | 1.B.3.Nb.2.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Wet Spruce Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Forest (Smith 1996b)
- 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]
- Smith, L. M. 1996b. The rare and sensitive natural wetland plant communities of interior Louisiana. Unpublished document. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Louisiana Natural Heritage Program, Baton Rouge. 38 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.