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CEGL004911 Pinus taeda - Liquidambar styraciflua - Quercus (nigra, phellos) / Crataegus marshallii Floodplain Forest
Type Concept Sentence: These are small stream floodplain forests west of the Mississippi River dominated by Pinus taeda and a variety of hardwood species, including Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus nigra, and Quercus phellos.
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Loblolly Pine - Sweetgum - (Water Oak, Willow Oak) / Parsley Hawthorn Floodplain Forest
Colloquial Name: West Gulf Coastal Plain Loblolly Pine - Hardwood Small Stream Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This type represents small stream floodplain forests west of the Mississippi River in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, and possibly Louisiana. The vegetation tends to be dominated by Pinus taeda and a variety of hardwood species, including Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus nigra, and Quercus phellos.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This vegetation may occur along small streams and rivers at the northern periphery of the Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes Ecoregion in eastern Texas in the vicinity of Beaumont. Larger floodplain forests of the region with similar composition may be considered under ~Pinus taeda - Quercus phellos - Quercus nigra Riparian Forest (CEGL007910)$$. The compositional components of this type may need to be reconsidered. Some of the species listed above may not be considered "typical" but appeared in plots which crossed both chemical and topographical gradients. An as-yet undefined small stream calcareous forest is needed.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: In addition to Pinus taeda, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus nigra, and Quercus phellos, other important species found in plots attributed to this type from Texas include Quercus falcata, Quercus pagoda, Quercus stellata, Fraxinus americana, Nyssa sylvatica, Ulmus alata, Nyssa biflora, Acer rubrum, Carpinus caroliniana, and Quercus shumardii. The shrub layer may include Forestiera ligustrina, Fraxinus americana, Callicarpa americana, Crataegus marshallii, Ilex opaca, Ilex vomitoria, Ditrysinia fruticosa (= Sebastiania fruticosa), Chionanthus virginicus, Viburnum rufidulum, Celtis tenuifolia, and Arundinaria gigantea. Important herbaceous species in some examples may include Carex abscondita, Carex albicans var. australis (= Carex physorhyncha), Carex blanda, Carex lupulina, Carex striatula, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Dichanthelium boscii, Dichanthelium commutatum, Elephantopus carolinianus, Mitchella repens, and the vines Parthenocissus quinquefolia and Smilax rotundifolia.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This type is found along small stream channels on acidic soils. These areas may be fairly narrow or somewhat broader depending upon individual stream and floodplain characteristics. Short-duration flooding may occur during limited periods of the year. Soils at a Texas plot location were predominately silty and low in nutrients (Turner et al. unpubl. data).
Geographic Range: This association is known from the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas and likely ranges into Louisiana.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AR, LA?, OK, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3
Greasons: No Data Available
Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
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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 | A3627 Laurel Oak - Sweetgum - Swamp Tupelo Coastal Plain Floodplain Forest Alliance | A3627 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.a |
Association | CEGL004911 Loblolly Pine - Sweetgum - (Water Oak, Willow Oak) / Parsley Hawthorn Floodplain Forest | CEGL004911 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.a |
Concept Lineage: This type was expanded to include Pinus taeda - Liquidambar styraciflua / Ostrya virginiana - Mitchella repens Stream Bottom Forest (CEGL007958), Pinus taeda - Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Ulmus americana / Chasmanthium sessiliflorum Forest (CEGL004799), and Pinus taeda - Liquidambar styraciflua - Acer rubrum / Vaccinium elliottii Successional Forest (CEGL007561).
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Loblolly Pine - Hardwood: 82 (Eyre 1980)
< Upland Oak-Pine Forest (Harcombe and Neaville 1977)
< Upland Oak-Pine Forest (Harcombe and Neaville 1977)
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- Duck, L. G., and J. B. Fletcher. 1945. A survey of the game and furbearing animals of Oklahoma; chapter 2, The game types of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Game and Fish Commission, Division of Wildlife Restoration and Research, Oklahoma City.
- Eyre, F. H., editor. 1980. Forest cover types of the United States and Canada. Society of American Foresters, Washington, DC. 148 pp.
- Harcombe, P. A., and J. E. Neaville. 1977. Vegetation types of Chambers County, Texas. The Texas Journal of Science 29:209-234.
- Hoagland, B. 2000. The vegetation of Oklahoma: A classification for landscape mapping and conservation planning. The Southwestern Naturalist 45(4):385-420.
- NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern United States. No date. Unpublished data. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Turner, R. L., J. E. Van Kley, L. S. Smith, and R. E. Evans. No date. Unpublished data from the national forests and adjacent areas of the West Gulf Coastal Plain. The Nature Conservancy, Nacogdoches, TX.
- Zanoni, T. A., P. G. Risser, and I. H. Butler. 1979. Natural areas for Oklahoma. Oklahoma Natural Heritage Program, Norman. 72 pp.