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Quercus prinus - Quercus velutina - Fagus grandifolia / Cornus florida / Kalmia latifolia Forest | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Quercus prinus - Quercus velutina - Fagus grandifolia / Cornus florida / Kalmia latifolia Forest
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This mesic mixed oak and beech forest occurs on the Coastal Plain and northern Piedmont, where it was formerly widespread, particularly on the Inner Coastal Plain. It occurs rarely on the edges of the Outer Coastal Plain. Quercus prinus and Quercus velutina are dominant trees, with smaller amounts of Fagus grandifolia, Quercus alba, Quercus coccinea, and Acer rubrum. Rarely, Sassafras albidum, Carya spp., or Liriodendron tulipifera may occur. A subcanopy stratum of Cornus florida is sometimes present, occasionally with Ilex opaca. The shrub stratum is strongly dominated by Kalmia latifolia, with smaller amounts of Rhododendron periclymenoides, Vaccinium corymbosum, and Gaylussacia baccata, or only Gaylussacia baccata and Vaccinium pallidum in some patches. On northern exposures, Fagus grandifolia may become a codominant, and Kalmia latifolia may reach 75-100% cover. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.17822.QUERCUSPRINUSQU
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 10-Dec-2003 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Rock Chestnut Oak - Black Oak - American Beech / Mountain Laurel Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683683 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006919
  Scientific: Quercus prinus - Quercus velutina - Fagus grandifolia / Kalmia latifolia Forest
  Common: Coastal Plain Chestnut Oak - Beech Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Fagus grandifolia - Quercus (alba, velutina, prinus) / Kalmia latifolia Forest