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CEGL007868 Quercus stellata - Carya texana - (Pinus palustris) / Chasmanthium sessiliflorum - Ranunculus fascicularis Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Post Oak - Black Hickory - (Longleaf Pine) / Longleaf Woodoats - Early Buttercup Woodland
Colloquial Name: East Texas Catahoula Barrens Post Oak Woodland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community is found along margins and along broad intermittent drainages associated with Catahoula Barrens in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of eastern Texas. Quercus stellata is the dominant tree; others may include Carya texana and Quercus marilandica. The shrub stratum is now currently dense but was probably formerly open because of fire and includes Ilex vomitoria, Forestiera ligustrina, Vaccinium arboreum, Crataegus marshallii, Crataegus spathulata, Crataegus brachyacantha, Gelsemium sempervirens, and Cissus trifoliata. The herb stratum is sparse to dense becoming increasingly sparse in the absence of fire and the consequent build-up of hardwood leaf litter. The herb layer is dominated by Chasmanthium sessiliflorum. Ranunculus fascicularis may be abundant in the springtime.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Related vegetation has been observed in the Moore Plantation of the southern Sabine National Forest (Plot SABI.7) (NatureServe unpubl. data). However, this area is not associated with Catahoula Barrens and is not directly associated with the Catahoula Formation. The area occurs in a narrow, intermittent drainageway on what are believed to be vertic Alfisols.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Quercus stellata is the dominant tree; others may include Carya texana and Quercus marilandica. The overstory also includes low amounts of Pinus palustris and (presumably due to fire suppression) Pinus taeda. The shrub stratum is now currently dense but was probably formerly open because of fire and includes Ilex vomitoria, Forestiera ligustrina, Vaccinium arboreum, Crataegus marshallii, Crataegus spathulata, Crataegus brachyacantha, Gelsemium sempervirens, and Cissus trifoliata (= Cissus incisa). The herb stratum is sparse to dense becoming increasingly sparse in the absence of fire and the consequent build-up of hardwood leaf litter. The herb layer is dominated by Chasmanthium sessiliflorum. Ranunculus fascicularis may be abundant in the springtime. The herb layer also supports Allium canadense, Scleria oligantha, Claytonia virginica, Piptochaetium avenaceum, Nothoscordum bivalve, Tradescantia ohiensis, Cardamine bulbosa, and Orbexilum pedunculatum var. psoralioides (= Psoralea psoralioides). An historic population of Spiranthes parksii occurred in this community in the Longleaf Ridge Special Management Area of the Angelina National Forest (Bridges and Orzell 1989a).
Dynamics: The role of fire in this community has been discussed in an unpublished paper (Rudolf and Evans 1998).
Environmental Description: This community occurs within a landscape formerly dominated by Pinus palustris vegetation, but is found in limited inclusional areas on edaphically limited sites where fire is believed to have been less frequent. This community occurs in areas which have mapped polygons of Browndell soils (Albaquic Hapludalf). Open herbaceous glades are more directly associated with this soil than the oak fringing woodlands which probably occur on different, but unmapped soils.
Geographic Range: This type is known from eastern Texas and is not believed to occur in western Louisiana.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686865
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1
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.2 Cool Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F008 | 1.B.2 |
| Division | 1.B.2.Na Eastern North American Forest & Woodland Division | D008 | 1.B.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.2.Na.1 White Oak - Southern Red Oak - Shortleaf Pine Forest & Woodland Macrogroup | M016 | 1.B.2.Na.1 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Na.1.g Loblolly Pine - Shortleaf Pine - Oak species Forest & Woodland Group | G013 | 1.B.2.Na.1.g |
| Alliance | A3129 Shortleaf Pine - Loblolly Pine - Post Oak Forest Alliance | A3129 | 1.B.2.Na.1.g |
| Association | CEGL007868 Post Oak - Black Hickory - (Longleaf Pine) / Longleaf Woodoats - Early Buttercup Woodland | CEGL007868 | 1.B.2.Na.1.g |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: >< Catahoula Barrens (Bridges and Orzell 1989a)
- Bridges, E. L., and S. L. Orzell. 1989a. Longleaf pine communities of the West Gulf Coastal Plain. Natural Areas Journal 9:246-263.
- NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern United States. No date. Unpublished data. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Rudolph, D. C., and R. E. Evans. 1998. Effects of prescribed burning on Navasota ladies-tresses (Spiranthes parksii) habitat in eastern Texas. Unpublished manuscript.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.