Name:
Quercus alba Montane Forest Alliance
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This alliance includes montane forests where Quercus alba is the main canopy dominant, contributing at least 75% of the canopy coverage. These forests are limited to areas where elevation is the primary gradient influencing vegetation. Associations currently defined for this alliance are naturally rare, being found in uncommon environmental situations. Forests in this alliance include Quercus alba forests of dry, sandstone ridges and south-facing slopes in the highest portions of the Ouachita Mountains, forests on exposed, rocky ridges and convex upper slopes at middle to high elevations in the southern Appalachians, and unique Quercus alba forests found in association with serpentine geology in the Southern Blue Ridge of western North Carolina. Associated species in the Ouachita Mountains association include Quercus rubra, Quercus stellata, Carya texana, Quercus marilandica, Amelanchier arborea, Acer rubrum, Sassafras albidum, Vaccinium spp., Rubus spp., Nyssa sylvatica, Hamamelis virginiana, Liquidambar styraciflua, Rhus copallinum, Rhus glabra, Pinus echinata, Chionanthus virginicus, Ulmus alata, Smilax spp., Rubus spp., Carex pensylvanica, Carex albicans var. albicans, Carex nigromarginata, and Carex ouachitana; in the southern Appalachian association, Kalmia latifolia, Gaylussacia ursina, Carex pensylvanica, Chimaphila maculata, Euphorbia corollata, Galax urceolata, Galium latifolium, Goodyera pubescens, Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Iris verna, Medeola virginiana, Castanea dentata, Castanea pumila, Sassafras albidum, Oxydendrum arboreum, Nyssa sylvatica; and over serpentine, Pinus rigida, Tsuga canadensis, Acer rubrum, Amelanchier arborea, Magnolia acuminata, Kalmia latifolia, Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides, Vaccinium stamineum, Physocarpus opulifolius, Packera plattensis (= Senecio plattensis), Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii, Polygala paucifolia, Epigaea repens, Mitchella repens, Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum, Thalictrum macrostylum, Poa saltuensis, Phlox stolonifera, Andropogon gerardii, and Zizia aptera.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.19029.QUERCUSALBAMONT
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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