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Quercus coccinea - Quercus velutina - Quercus alba / Amelanchier arborea / Gaylussacia baccata Forest | Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli...
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Name: Quercus coccinea - Quercus velutina - Quercus alba / Amelanchier arborea / Gaylussacia baccata Forest Reference: Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli... Description: This community is currently known from low-elevation landscapes in the northern Blue Ridge and Ridge and Valley provinces of Virginia but probably also occurs at similar sites in West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Stands are located between 365 and 700 m (1200-2300 feet) elevation on relatively level sites of mountain valleys and lower slope benches. Most documented occurrences are located on ancient alluvial fan deposits, which are especially extensive along the western foot of the Blue Ridge. The vegetation is a closed to very open oak forest with mixed and variable canopy dominance by Quercus coccinea, Quercus velutina, Quercus alba, and Quercus prinus. Pinus rigida is a frequent canopy associate but has been much reduced over the past decade by infestations of the southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis). Quercus falcata, Quercus stellata, and Carya alba are infrequent canopy trees. Nyssa sylvatica, Amelanchier arborea and, in the southern part of the range, Oxydendrum arboreum attain exceptional abundance and stature in these forests, dominating the subcanopy layers and occasionally reaching the overstory. Acer rubrum and Sassafras albidum are other common understory trees. The shrub layer is dominated by ericaceous species but is fairly diverse. Despite high shrub densities, a number of low-cover herbs and subshrubs occur in the type.  Accession Code: VB.CC.19356.QUERCUSCOCCINEA Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 20-Jun-2001 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus velutina - Quercus alba - (Quercus coccinea) Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Scarlet Oak - Black Oak - White Oak / Downy Serviceberry / Black Huckleberry Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684700 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL008521   Scientific: Quercus coccinea - Quercus velutina - Quercus alba / Amelanchier arborea / Gaylussacia baccata Forest   Common: Mixed Oak / Heath Forest (Low-Elevation White Oak - Scarlet Oak - Black Oak Type) (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Quercus alba - Quercus (coccinea, velutina, prinus) / Gaylussacia baccata Forest