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CEGL007476 Quercus virginiana - Quercus nigra - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ilex opaca / Viburnum dentatum Swamp Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Live Oak - Water Oak - Sweetgum / American Holly / Southern Arrow-wood Swamp Forest
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This forest occurs in the Outer Coastal Plain of Louisiana, on natural levees and terraces of the former channels of the Mississippi River, closely associated with the more upland forest type, ~Quercus virginiana - Quercus pagoda - Magnolia grandiflora / Cornus florida / Sanicula sp. Swamp Forest (CEGL007469)$$. This forest occurs in lower, wetter portions of these flats, where water pools following rains. The canopy is dominated by Quercus virginiana, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus nigra, Celtis laevigata, Ulmus americana, and Quercus pagoda. The open understory consists of Ilex opaca var. opaca and Morus rubra. The shrub stratum is locally dense, and dominated by Viburnum dentatum, with other shrubs and woody vines including Nekemias arborea, Ilex decidua, Berchemia scandens, Toxicodendron radicans, Callicarpa americana, and Sambucus canadensis. Herbs are few, except epiphytic Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Examples known from Outside Island (Vermilion Parish, Louisiana).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The canopy is dominated by Quercus virginiana, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus nigra, Celtis laevigata, Ulmus americana, and Quercus pagoda. The open understory consists of Ilex opaca var. opaca and Morus rubra. The shrub stratum is locally dense, and dominated by Viburnum dentatum, with other shrubs and woody vines including Nekemias arborea (= Ampelopsis arborea), Ilex decidua, Berchemia scandens, Toxicodendron radicans, Callicarpa americana, and Sambucus canadensis. Herbs are few, except epiphytic Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This forest occurs in lower, wetter portions of these flats, where water pools following rains.
Geographic Range: This forest occurs in the Outer Coastal Plain of Louisiana, on natural levees and terraces of the former channels of the Mississippi River.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: LA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687254
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
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.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 | A3634 Live Oak - Cherrybark Oak - Water Oak Coastal Plain Swamp Forest Alliance | A3634 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.a |
| Association | CEGL007476 Live Oak - Water Oak - Sweetgum / American Holly / Southern Arrow-wood Swamp Forest | CEGL007476 | 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: No Data Available
- 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]
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.