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CEGL004648 Quercus virginiana - Celtis laevigata - Quercus pagoda / Sabal minor Swamp Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Live Oak - Sugarberry - Cherrybark Oak / Dwarf Palmetto Swamp Forest
Colloquial Name: Natural Levee Live Oak Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is a hardwood forest dominated by Quercus virginiana and Celtis laevigata, occurring on natural levees in the bottomlands of the extreme lower Mississippi River alluvial valley, and along antecedent courses of the Mississippi River now occupied by bayous of southeastern Louisiana. Other characteristic species are Sabal minor, Quercus pagoda, Acer rubrum, Fraxinus americana, and Liquidambar styraciflua.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Similar vegetation, lacking Quercus pagoda, occurring along the lower Brazos, San Bernard and Colorado rivers in Texas is classified as ~Quercus virginiana / Ilex vomitoria - Sabal minor / Carex cherokeensis - Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii Forest (CEGL007830)$$. Also see ~Ulmus crassifolia - Carya illinoinensis - Celtis laevigata / Chasmanthium sessiliflorum - Carex cherokeensis Floodplain Forest (CEGL002388)$$.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Stands are dominated by Quercus virginiana and Celtis laevigata. Other characteristic species are Sabal minor, Quercus pagoda, Acer rubrum, Fraxinus americana, and Liquidambar styraciflua.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association is found on natural levees in the bottomlands of the extreme lower Mississippi River alluvial valley, and along antecedent courses of the Mississippi River now occupied by bayous of southeastern Louisiana.
Geographic Range: This association is found in Louisiana. Based on the ranges of the nominals, it is not likely, though possible, that this association occurs in Texas.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: LA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.690076
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2
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 | CEGL004648 Live Oak - Sugarberry - Cherrybark Oak / Dwarf Palmetto Swamp Forest | CEGL004648 | 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: = Quercus association (Penfound and Hathaway 1938)
< Hardwood Bottom (White et al. 1983)
>< High Ridge (Wall and Darwin 1999)
< Live Oak: 89 (Eyre 1980)
>< Middle Elevation (Denslow and Battaglia 2002)
>< Upper Elevation (Denslow and Battaglia 2002)
< Hardwood Bottom (White et al. 1983)
>< High Ridge (Wall and Darwin 1999)
< Live Oak: 89 (Eyre 1980)
>< Middle Elevation (Denslow and Battaglia 2002)
>< Upper Elevation (Denslow and Battaglia 2002)
- Denslow, J. S., and L. L. Battaglia. 2002. Stand composition and structure across a hydrologic gradient: Jean Lafitte National Park, Louisiana, U.S.A. Wetlands 22(4):738-752.
- Eyre, F. H., editor. 1980. Forest cover types of the United States and Canada. Society of American Foresters, Washington, DC. 148 pp.
- 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]
- Penfound, W. T., and E. S. Hathaway. 1938. Plant communities in the marshlands of southeastern Louisiana. Ecological Monographs 8(1):1-56.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Wall, D. P., and S. P. Darwin. 1999. Vegetation and elevational gradients within a bottomland hardwood forest of southeastern Louisiana. American Midland Naturalist 142(1):17-30.
- White, D. A., S. P. Darwin, and L. B. Thien. 1983. Plants and plant communities of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park, Louisiana. Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany 24:101-129.