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A.302 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.302
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Forests in this alliance are dominated by ~Acer saccharum$ and ~Carya cordiformis$. The subcanopy may contain a variety of species including ~Ulmus americana, Ulmus rubra, Morus rubra$, and ~Prunus serotina var. serotina$. The shrub layer is often quite dense with ~Asimina triloba, Toxicodendron radicans$, and ~Vitis$ spp. dominating, but ~Lindera benzoin, Aralia spinosa, Corylus americana$, and ~Cornus florida$ are also common. Where dense shrubs exist, light penetrating to the forest floor is diminished, and herbaceous density is reduced. ~Campanulastrum americanum$ and ~Fleischmannia incarnata (= Eupatorium incarnatum)$ are common herbs. Stands of this alliance occur on level to gently sloping ridges, terraces, natural levees, or higher elevations which border river floodplains or streams. They are found on moist, well-drained to moderately drained soils, primarily on northern aspects. In general, soils are medium-textured silt and colluvial, deep, clay loams derived mainly from sandstone and shales. Mesic moisture conditions are maintained throughout most of the growing season, but some flooding does occur. Damage from flooding during periods of heavy precipitation, wind, or storms can have dramatic effects on species composition. Although stands in this alliance tend to be late successional floodplain forest, the stresses of seasonal flooding create canopy openings which are quickly colonized by early and mid-successional species. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1926.A302
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.d
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ACER SACCHARUM - CARYA CORDIFORMIS TEMPORARILY FLOODED FOREST ALLIANCE
  Common: Sugar Maple - Bitternut Hickory Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance
  Code: A.302
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Acer saccharum - Carya cordiformis Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance