South-Central Floodplain Forest

Type:Alliance
Parent classification:Central Interior-Northeast Floodplain Forest
Scientific Name:Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Platanus occidentalis - Acer saccharinum Ozark-Ouachita Floodplain Forest Alliance
Location:United States (Arkansas, Kansas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky)
Description:These forests of floodplains, bottomlands, and terraces are dominated by some combination of Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Ulmus americana, and Acer saccharinum, and are primarily found in the Ozarks, Ouachita Mountains, Interior Low Plateau, and Mississippi River Alluvial Plain.
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Child types

Name
Bur Oak - Shumard Oak Mixed Bottomland Forest
Mississippi River Sycamore Floodplain Forest
Ozark Sycamore - Ash - Sugarberry Floodplain Forest
Silver Maple - Sugarberry - Pecan Floodplain Forest
Southern Green Ash - Elm - Sugarberry Floodplain Forest
Southern Interior Box-elder Floodplain Forest
Swamp Chestnut Oak - Sweetgum Floodplain Forest

Habitat Vegetation Classification provided by NatureServe Explorer