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A.221 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.221
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Forests dominated by the alien species ~Ailanthus altissima$, a native of eastern Asia. This forest occurs mostly in disturbed areas, along roadsides, urban abandoned lands, and on limestone clifftops. In some parts of the range, this forest is associated with calcareous soils. ~Ailanthus altissima$ Forest occurs throughout the Appalachians, in eastern Kentucky, and in the Ozarks and Ouachita Mountains, and probably other areas in the northeastern United States. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1735.A221
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: I.B.2.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA FOREST ALLIANCE
  Code: A.221
  Common: Tree-of-Heaven Forest Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Ailanthus altissima Forest Alliance