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A.232 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.232
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Second-growth forests on deep soils of woodlots and fencerows of calcium-rich areas in the Bluegrass Basin of Kentucky and the Nashville Basin of Tennessee. The canopy of Bluegrass Basin examples is dominated by ~Juglans nigra, Aesculus glabra, Celtis laevigata$, and/or ~Celtis occidentalis$, with ~Fraxinus americana, Prunus serotina var. serotina, Robinia pseudoacacia$, and scattered ~Ulmus americana$. In the Nashville Basin of Tennessee, the canopy is dominated by ~Celtis$ spp. (~Celtis laevigata, Celtis occidentalis$) with substantial ~Juglans nigra$ in some examples. ~Aesculus glabra$ may also be present. The understory may include ~Prunus serotina var. serotina$ and ~Quercus imbricaria$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1745.A232
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: JUGLANS NIGRA - AESCULUS GLABRA - CELTIS (LAEVIGATA, OCCIDENTALIS) FOREST ALLIANCE
  Code: A.232
  Common: Black Walnut - Ohio Buckeye - (Sugarberry, Northern Hackberry) Forest Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Juglans nigra - Aesculus glabra - Celtis (laevigata, occidentalis) Forest Alliance