Southeast Coastal Plain Oak - Pine Blackwater Floodplain Forest

Type:Alliance
Parent classification:Oak - Sweetgum Floodplain Forest
Scientific Name:Quercus laurifolia - Quercus phellos - Pinus taeda Coastal Plain Riparian Forest Alliance
Location:United States (Oklahoma, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi)
Description:These are mixed hardwood floodplain forests dominated by Quercus laurifolia, Quercus nigra, and/or Quercus phellos, with Liquidambar styraciflua and/or Pinus taeda, found in blackwater and similar rivers of the Southeastern Coastal Plain of the United States and related small stream floodplains west of the Mississippi River.
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Child types

Name
Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Levee/Bar Forest
Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater River Terrace & Ridge Forest
Atlantic Coastal Plain Loblolly Pine - Oak - Atlantic White-cedar Blackwater Stream Forest
Blackwater Bottomland Hardwood - Pine Forest (High Type)
Coastal Plain Spruce Pine - Oak Stream Forest
Gulf Coastal Plain Atlantic White-cedar Swamp Forest
Gulf Coastal Plain Streamside Atlantic White-cedar Swamp Forest
Laurel Oak Bottomland Forest
Overcup Oak - Laurel Oak - Bald-cypress Blackwater Bottomland Forest
Riparian Loblolly Pine Forest
Sandhills Swamp Tupelo - Pine Streamhead Swamp Forest
South Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Stream Floodplain Forest
Swamp Tupelo - Mixed Hardwood Small Stream Forest
Sweetgum - Laurel Oak / Giant Cane Floodplain Forest
Sweetgum Seepage Forest

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