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CEGL007447 Quercus laurifolia - Nyssa biflora / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Wet Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Laurel Oak - Swamp Tupelo / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush - Coastal Doghobble Wet Forest
Colloquial Name: Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Nonriverine Oak Flatwoods Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This forest occurs in wetter sloughs associated with ~Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Wet Flatwoods Forest (CEGL007449)$$, on extensive flats with a high water table providing seasonally to semipermanently saturated (and rarely flooded) conditions. This forest is believed to occur from Virginia to Georgia, in the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The canopy is dominated by Quercus laurifolia, with lesser amounts of Nyssa biflora and Acer rubrum var. trilobum often present as well. Clethra alnifolia and Leucothoe axillaris are typical shrubs. Herbs including Osmunda regalis, Saururus cernuus, or Woodwardia areolata may be more abundant than the shrubs.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The canopy of stands of this type is dominated by Quercus laurifolia, with lesser amounts of Nyssa biflora and Acer rubrum var. trilobum often present as well. Clethra alnifolia and Leucothoe axillaris are typical shrubs.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This forest occurs in wetter sloughs associated with ~Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe axillaris Wet Flatwoods Forest (CEGL007449)$$, on extensive flats with high water table providing seasonally to semipermanently saturated (and rarely flooded) conditions. In general, these forests occur on poorly drained interstream flats with fine-textured mineral soils. Hydrology and species composition separate these communities from alluvial bottomland communities with somewhat similar canopy composition. They may occur on the margins of large peatlands, and on smaller upland flats where they experience mostly saturated soils as a result of poor drainage, high water tables, and perhaps sheet flow from adjacent pocosins.
Geographic Range: This forest is believed to occur from Virginia to Georgia, in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the United States.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: GA, NC, SC, VA?
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685596
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
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 | A3443 <i>Quercus michauxii - Quercus pagoda - Quercus laurifolia</i> Wet Flatwoods Forest Alliance | A3443 | 1.B.3.Nb.2.b |
| Association | CEGL007447 Laurel Oak - Swamp Tupelo / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush - Coastal Doghobble Wet Forest | CEGL007447 | 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: < IIA10e. Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Forest (Allard 1990)
= Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Forest (Oak-Gum Slough Subtype) (Schafale 2012)
< Swamp Chestnut Oak - Cherrybark Oak: 91 (Eyre 1980) [but in a different habitat from described.]
= Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Forest (Oak-Gum Slough Subtype) (Schafale 2012)
< Swamp Chestnut Oak - Cherrybark Oak: 91 (Eyre 1980) [but in a different habitat from described.]
- Allard, D. J. 1990. Southeastern United States ecological community classification. Interim report, Version 1.2. The Nature Conservancy, Southeast Regional Office, Chapel Hill, NC. 96 pp.
- Eyre, F. H., editor. 1980. Forest cover types of the United States and Canada. Society of American Foresters, Washington, DC. 148 pp.
- GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
- Nelson, J. B. 1986. The natural communities of South Carolina: Initial classification and description. South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Columbia, SC. 55 pp.
- 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.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.