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Liriodendron tulipifera - Quercus rubra - Magnolia acuminata / Cornus florida Forest | Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli...
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Name: Liriodendron tulipifera - Quercus rubra - Magnolia acuminata / Cornus florida Forest Reference: Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli... Description: This Central Appalachian community type occurs throughout the Blue Ridge and Ridge and Valley portion of the Virginia mountains north of the New River and may extend throughout the central Appalachian portions of West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Stands occupy mesic hollow sideslopes, ravines, and slope concavities at elevations from 240-800 m (800-2600 feet) and exceptionally to 1000 m (3300 feet). Underlying bedrock is variable and probably exerts less influence on vegetation than local soil conditions. Stands are associated both with sheltered sites on poor substrates, such as acidic sandstones, and with warmer, more exposed coves on fertile substrates. Vegetation consists largely of post-logging secondary forests with tall (>30 m), well-formed canopy trees. Liriodendron tulipifera is the characteristic, usually dominant canopy species in mixed stands with Magnolia acuminata, Quercus rubra, Acer rubrum, and Carya ovalis. Quercus prinus (= Quercus montana), Fraxinus americana, Betula lenta, Tilia americana (including both var. americana and var. heterophylla), Carya glabra, Carya alba, and Quercus alba are minor canopy associates. Understory tree layers are very open and contain young reproduction of the canopy species along with Cornus florida (often dominant) and Ostrya virginiana. Cornus florida, Viburnum acerifolium, and climbing or scrambling Parthenocissus quinquefolia are usually the most abundant species of a sparse shrub layer. The herb layer varies in density from open to moderately dense, but generally lacks the lush aspect of other communities in the Rich Cove and Slope Forests group.  Accession Code: VB.CC.18968.LIRIODENDRONTUL Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 27-Jun-2001 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Liriodendron tulipifera Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Tuliptree - Northern Red Oak - Cucumber-tree / Flowering Dogwood Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684949 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL008510   Scientific: Liriodendron tulipifera - Quercus rubra - Magnolia acuminata / Cornus florida Forest   Common: Central Appalachian Rich Cove Forest (Tuliptree - Northern Red Oak - Cucumber-tree Type) (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Liriodendron tulipifera - Quercus rubra - Magnolia acuminata / Cornus florida Forest