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CEGL007021 Quercus hemisphaerica / Smilax spp. Ruderal Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Darlington Oak / Greenbrier species Ruderal Forest

Colloquial Name: Ruderal Darlington Oak Forest

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association represents fire-suppressed successional stands of Quercus hemisphaerica, often nearly monospecific. These communities have been referred to as high hammocks or pioneer hammocks. The extent of this community is increasing as fire suppression increases and old fields succeed to vegetation of this type.

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:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: This association occurs in Alabama, Florida and Georgia.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  AL, FL, GA




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: GNA

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: ? High hammock (Platt and Schwartz 1990)
? Pioneer Hammock (Wolfe 1990)

Concept Author(s): A.S. Weakley

Author of Description: A.S. Weakley

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 08-01-96

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  • GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
  • Platt, W. J., and M. W. Schwartz. 1990. Temperate hardwood forests. Pages 194-229 in: R. L. Myers and J. J. Ewel, editors. Ecosystems of Florida. University of Central Florida Press, Orlando.
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
  • Wolfe, S. H., editor. 1990. An ecological characterization of the Florida Springs Coast: Pithlachascotee to Waccasassa rivers. USDI Fish & Wildlife Service, Biological Report 90(21). Slidell, LA. 323 pp.