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Fagus grandifolia - Quercus (prinus, velutina) / Gaylussacia baccata Forest | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Fagus grandifolia - Quercus (prinus, velutina) / Gaylussacia baccata Forest Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of... Description: This mesic beech and mixed oak forest with an ericaceous understory is typically located on ravines and slopes of the Inner Coastal Plain of New Jersey and in the High Allegheny Plateau of Pennsylvania. Dominant trees include <i>Fagus grandifolia</i>, with <i>Quercus prinus</i> or <i>Quercus velutina</i>, and smaller amounts of <i>Quercus alba</i> and <i>Quercus coccinea</i>. A sparse shrub stratum (5-10% cover) is composed of scattered patches of <i>Fagus grandifolia, Gaylussacia baccata, Gaylussacia frondosa, Vaccinium pallidum</i>, and rarely <i>Kalmia latifolia</i>. There is very little herbaceous cover and leaf litter is the primary ground cover.  Accession Code: VB.CC.31110.CEGL006920 Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
	status: accepted This Community's Level: association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683684 NatureServe Explorer   Translated: American Beech - (Chestnut Oak, Black Oak) / Black Huckleberry Forest   Scientific: Fagus grandifolia - Quercus (prinus, velutina) / Gaylussacia baccata Forest   Code: CEGL006920