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Castanea dentata - Quercus rubra Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Castanea dentata - Quercus rubra Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community, dominated by Castanea dentata and Quercus rubra, is broadly defined and poorly known, since the type is now extinct, due to the reduction of Castanea dentata to a stump-sprouting shrub by the introduction and spread of Cryphonectria parasitica (Chestnut Blight). This community was once common in the southern Appalachian Mountains. There is some hope for the potential recovery of this community, or something resembling it, if a blight-resistant chestnut can be developed and introduced. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.18652.CASTANEADENTATA
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Jan-1996 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: American Chestnut - Northern Red Oak Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683342 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007286
  Scientific: Castanea dentata - Quercus rubra Forest
  Common: American Chestnut Forest (Mesic Montane Type)
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Castanea dentata - Quercus rubra Forest