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Fagus grandifolia - Quercus alba Forest Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Fagus grandifolia - Quercus alba Forest Alliance Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This alliance includes southern mixed hardwood forests with admixtures of Quercus alba and Fagus grandifolia. Associations in this alliance include dry-mesic to mesic forests that typically occur on slopes and small stream bottoms in the Coastal Plain, and also in other adjacent physiographic provinces, including the southern part of Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas, and the Piedmont. This alliance is distributed primarily north of the distribution of Magnolia grandiflora, but may also include stands within this range which lack a Magnolia grandiflora component. A diverse, often dense canopy is usually present, which may include Liriodendron tulipifera, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus michauxii, Quercus pagoda, Carya cordiformis, Fraxinus americana, and Ulmus spp. In the southern part of the range, examples of this alliance may have Acer barbatum and Acer leucoderme in the subcanopy. A widely variable understory and shrub layer is usually present. Although the herbaceous layer is typically sparse, it may contain a number of species restricted, or nearly so, to rich mesic habitats.  Accession Code: VB.CC.18011.FAGUSGRANDIFOLI Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
	status: accepted This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Scientific: Fagus grandifolia - Quercus alba Forest Alliance   Translated: American Beech - White Oak Forest Alliance   UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.124806 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A.228