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Aesculus flava - Betula alleghaniensis - Acer saccharum / Acer spicatum / Caulophyllum thalictroides - Laportea canadensis Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Aesculus flava - Betula alleghaniensis - Acer saccharum / Acer spicatum / Caulophyllum thalictroides - Laportea canadensis Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This association includes forests on high but sheltered slopes in the Southern Blue Ridge, with canopies dominated by species typically known as northern hardwoods (Aesculus flava, Fagus grandifolia, Betula alleghaniensis, Acer saccharum), but with a rich herbaceous flora dominated by forbs and more typical of lower elevation 'cove' forests. This forest occurs on deep, rocky soils on the upper slopes of coves, and on other protected landforms, at elevations of 1070-1525 m (3500-5000 feet), and can be associated with mafic substrates. Other canopy species can include Tilia americana var. heterophylla and Quercus rubra. In the Great Smoky Mountains, Halesia tetraptera var. monticola is an important canopy component. The shrub stratum is typically open, but small trees such as Acer spicatum, Acer pensylvanicum, and Amelanchier laevis are common. Herbaceous cover can be lush, quite diverse, and is typically dominated and characterized by large forbs such as Caulophyllum thalictroides, Actaea racemosa (= Cimicifuga racemosa), Collinsonia canadensis, Ageratina altissima var. roanensis, Laportea canadensis, Campanulastrum americanum, and Tiarella cordifolia. The canopy of these forests always has a component of Betula alleghaniensis and/or Fagus grandifolia, occurring with Acer saccharum, over a lush and diverse herbaceous stratum.  Accession Code: VB.CC.19428.AESCULUSFLAVABE Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Dec-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Betula alleghaniensis - Fagus grandifolia - Aesculus flava Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Yellow Buckeye - Yellow Birch - Sugar Maple / Mountain Maple / Blue Cohosh - Wood Nettle Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684116 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL004973   Scientific: Aesculus flava - Betula alleghaniensis - Acer saccharum / Acer spicatum / Caulophyllum thalictroides - Laportea canadensis Forest   Common: Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest (Rich Type) (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Aesculus flava - Betula alleghaniensis - Acer saccharum / Acer spicatum / Caulophyllum thalictroides - Actaea podocarpa Forest