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CEGL004964 Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Quercus nigra - Pinus glabra / Viburnum dentatum Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: American Beech - Southern Magnolia - Water Oak - Spruce Pine / Southern Arrow-wood Forest
Colloquial Name: Mesic Spruce Pine - Hardwood Flatwoods
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community is the mesic mixed hardwood - pine flatwoods of the southwestern Florida parishes of eastern Louisiana, and provisionally the "live oak - pine - magnolia forest" of the marsh/swamp-fringing flatwoods of the southeastern Florida parishes, immediately south of the longleaf pine zone. This forest is found on broad low ridges in the flatwoods of the southwestern Florida parishes of Louisiana. Common trees in this flatwoods forest are Fagus grandifolia, Quercus nigra, Magnolia grandiflora, Quercus pagoda, Quercus michauxii, Pinus glabra, Pinus taeda, Carya glabra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera, Carya cordiformis, Ulmus americana, Ulmus alata, Quercus virginiana, Magnolia virginiana, Nyssa sylvatica, and Acer rubrum. Common small trees and shrubs are Viburnum dentatum, Carpinus caroliniana, Cornus florida, Halesia diptera, Symplocos tinctoria, Ostrya virginiana, Euonymus americanus, Ditrysinia fruticosa, Crataegus marshallii, Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis, Ilex vomitoria, Callicarpa americana, Ilex opaca, Vaccinium elliottii, and Vaccinium arboreum. Common woody vines are Vitis rotundifolia, Nekemias arborea, Berchemia scandens, Decumaria barbara, Smilax rotundifolia, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Bignonia capreolata, Campsis radicans, and Toxicodendron radicans. Common herbs include Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Polystichum acrostichoides, Thelypteris spp., Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema dracontium, Sanicula canadensis, Viola walteri, Chasmanthium laxum, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, and Boehmeria cylindrica.
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
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Common trees in this flatwoods forest are Fagus grandifolia, Quercus nigra, Magnolia grandiflora, Quercus pagoda, Quercus michauxii, Pinus glabra, Pinus taeda, Carya glabra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera, Carya cordiformis, Ulmus americana, Ulmus alata, Quercus virginiana, Magnolia virginiana, Nyssa sylvatica, and Acer rubrum. Common small trees and shrubs are Viburnum dentatum, Carpinus caroliniana, Cornus florida, Halesia diptera, Symplocos tinctoria, Ostrya virginiana, Euonymus americanus, Ditrysinia fruticosa (= Sebastiania fruticosa), Crataegus marshallii, Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (= Sambucus canadensis), Ilex vomitoria, Callicarpa americana, Ilex opaca, Vaccinium elliottii, and Vaccinium arboreum. Common woody vines are Vitis rotundifolia, Nekemias arborea (= Ampelopsis arborea), Berchemia scandens, Decumaria barbara, Smilax rotundifolia, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Bignonia capreolata, Campsis radicans, and Toxicodendron radicans. Common herbs include Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Polystichum acrostichoides, Thelypteris spp., Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema dracontium, Sanicula canadensis, Viola walteri, Chasmanthium laxum, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, and Boehmeria cylindrica.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This forest is found on broad low ridges in the flatwoods of the southwestern Florida parishes of Louisiana. Soils are acidic silt loams, and include the Colyell, Olivier and Satsuma series.
Geographic Range: This community occurs in the southwestern Florida parishes of eastern Louisiana, and provisionally the southeastern Florida parishes, immediately south of the longleaf pine zone.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: LA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689753
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3
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.1 Warm Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F018 | 1.B.1 |
| Division | 1.B.1.Na Southeastern North American Forest & Woodland Division | D006 | 1.B.1.Na |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.1.Na.3 American Beech - Southern Magnolia - White Oak Forest Macrogroup | M008 | 1.B.1.Na.3 |
| Group | 1.B.1.Na.3.a American Beech - Southern Magnolia - Oak species Forest Group | G007 | 1.B.1.Na.3.a |
| Alliance | A0369 American Beech - Southern Magnolia Forest Alliance | A0369 | 1.B.1.Na.3.a |
| Association | CEGL004964 American Beech - Southern Magnolia - Water Oak - Spruce Pine / Southern Arrow-wood Forest | CEGL004964 | 1.B.1.Na.3.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.