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xericDarlington oak grows on dry, sandy sites [
11] including stable dunes
of beaches and islands [
20], mesic and xeric hammocks, and sandhills
[
7,
42]. In east Texas, Darlington oak forms extensive mottes on
sandy hammocks and prairies [
40].
Swamp laurel oak is generally considered a bottomland [
47] or facultative
wetland species [
1]. It is not as dependent on specific site conditions
as other hardwood associates [
30]. It generally grows in soils that are
better drained than where water oak and willow oak grow, but grows in
very wet sites as well [
40]. Swamp laurel oak commonly grows on alluvial
flood plains and sandy soils near rivers, swamps, and hammocks. It
grows best on soils of the Ultisol and Inceptisol orders [
27].
Swamp laurel oak is moderately tolerant of flooding [
11,
43]. It is more
tolerant of prolonged soil saturation than is water oak or live oak, but
it cannot survive inundation during the entire growing season. Short
periods of deep inundation have been known to kill swamp laurel oak [
43].
Swamp laurel oak grows on high lands surrounding swamps and major rivers which
flood deeply and frequently but drain rapidly because of relief. It
also grows on wet flats which are better drained than swamps [
18].
In addition to bottomland forests, swamp laurel oak is found in bay swamps,
mixed hardwood swamps, river swamps, hydric hammocks, and cypress
(Taxodium spp.) ponds and strands [
11,
39]. Swamp laurel oak also grows on
barrier islands off the Atlantic Coast [
17,
21]. On an island off South
Carolina, laurel and live oaks grow 0.3 mile (0.5 km) inland from the
ocean on the southern end of the island and to the beach on the northern
end [
17].
In addition to trees mentioned in SAF Cover Types; Habitat Types and
Plant Communities; and Taxonomy, overstory associates include Nuttall
oak (Q. nuttallii), white oak (Q. alba), yellow-poplar (Liriodendron
tulipifera), red maple (Acer rubrum), green ash (Fraxinus
pennsylvanica), swamp hickory (Carya glabra), and honeylocust (Gleditsia
triacanthos); and on wetter sites water hickory (Carya aquatica),
waterlocust (Gleditsia aquatica), and overcup oak (Q. lyrata). On
better-drained sites, swamp laurel oak is associated with spruce pine (Pinus
glabra), swamp chestnut oak (Q. michauxii), and cherrybark oak (Q.
falcata var. pagodifolia).
Common associates of swamp laurel oak in Florida are southern magnolia (Magnolia
grandifolia), pignut hickory (Carya glabra), scrub hickory (C.
floridana), and Carolina basswood (Tilia caroliniana).
Associated shrubs and small trees include American hornbeam (Carpinus
caroliniana), Virgnia-willow (Itea virginica), poison-sumac
(Toxicodendron vernix), swamp cyrilla (Cyrilla racemiflora), littleleaf
cyrilla (C. racemiflora var. parvifolia), sebastian bush (Sebastiana
ligustrina), dahoon (Ilex cassine), possumhaw (I. decidua), swamp
dogwood (Cornus stricta), sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia), tree
lyonia (lyonia ferruginea), buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis),
pinckneya (Pinckneya pubens), and rhododendron (Rhododendron spp.).
Associated vines include coral greenbrier (Smilax walteri), laurelleaf
greenbrier (S. laurifolia), crossvine (Bignonia capreolata), muscadine
grape (Vitis rotundifolia), and Alabama supplejack (Berchemia scandens)
[
27].