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CEGL004618 Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Ulmus crassifolia - Celtis laevigata Floodplain Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Green Ash - Cedar Elm - Sugarberry Floodplain Forest
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: In Oklahoma, this association occurs along the Red River (Bryan, Choctaw, Love, Marshall, and McCurtain counties) and along the Arkansas River (Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, and Sequoyah counties). Other characteristic species include Crataegus mollis, Crataegus viridis, Gleditsia triacanthos, Maclura pomifera, Populus deltoides, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus nigra, and Ulmus rubra.
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: No Data Available
Dynamics: Flooding, with associated anaerobic soil conditions and nutrient pulses, is the primary natural disturbance in this community. Due to moist-wet conditions, this community seldom burns. Although primarily experiencing gap phase regeneration, this forest can undergo occasional periods of prolonged flooding causing widespread mortality. Although this community can be early successional, occurring on river fronts and other recently disturbed areas, this is a generally long-lived type (Eyre 1980).
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: As currently described, this association occurs in the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain and Crosstimbers and Southern Tallgrass Prairie ecoregions in Oklahoma, Arkansas and possibly Louisiana.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AR, LA?, OK, TX?
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685692
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
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.5 Pecan - Sugarberry - Bur Oak Floodplain Forest & Woodland Macrogroup | M154 | 1.B.3.Nb.5 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nb.5.a Southeastern Great Plains Floodplain Forest Group | G784 | 1.B.3.Nb.5.a |
| Alliance | A3679 Pecan - Cedar Elm - Sugarberry Floodplain Forest Alliance | A3679 | 1.B.3.Nb.5.a |
| Association | CEGL004618 Green Ash - Cedar Elm - Sugarberry Floodplain Forest | CEGL004618 | 1.B.3.Nb.5.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? IIA6d. Sugarberry - American Elm - Green Ash Bottomland Forest (Allard 1990)
? P1B3cIV9a. Celtis laevigata - Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Ulmus americana (Foti et al. 1994)
< Sugarberry - American Elm - Green Ash: 93 (Eyre 1980)
< Sugarberry-Elm Series (Diamond 1993)
? P1B3cIV9a. Celtis laevigata - Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Ulmus americana (Foti et al. 1994)
< Sugarberry - American Elm - Green Ash: 93 (Eyre 1980)
< Sugarberry-Elm Series (Diamond 1993)
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