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A.256 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.256
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Stands of this alliance are forests where ~Robinia pseudoacacia$ occurs in pure stands or makes up the majority of the canopy. These are short-lived forests that typically result from planting or invasion following land abandonment or fire, or from other severe disturbance. Stands are usually small (10-15 ha, 30-40 acres), with associated species varying widely depending on geography and habitat. ~Robinia pseudoacacia$ has been planted widely and has became naturalized throughout the United States, southern Canada, and parts of Europe and Asia. The natural range of ~Robinia pseudoacacia$ is disjunct, with an eastern section centered in the Appalachian Mountains, from central Pennsylvania and southern Ohio, south to northeastern Alabama, northern Georgia, and northwestern South Carolina, and a western section in the Ozarks and Ouachita Mountains of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Forests in this alliance are found locally throughout the eastern United States and in southern Canada on a wide range of sites, but are best developed on moist, rich, loamy soils or those of limestone origin. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1825.A256
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: ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA FOREST ALLIANCE
  Code: A.256
  Common: Black Locust Forest Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Robinia pseudoacacia Forest Alliance