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Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / Vaccinium erythrocarpum / Oxalis montana - Dryopteris campyloptera / Hylocomium splendens Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / Vaccinium erythrocarpum / Oxalis montana - Dryopteris campyloptera / Hylocomium splendens Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This community is restricted to the highest mountain systems of the southern Appalachians in eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina, and southwestern Virginia. It is found on all topographic positions and is best developed between 1680-1990 m elevation (5500-6200 feet). This association includes forests of the southern Appalachians, within the range of Abies fraseri, dominated by Picea rubens, with or without Abies fraseri, occurring over deciduous shrubs, herbs, and bryophytes. This community has a characteristic understory of southern Appalachian endemic species and a conspicuous bryophyte layer. The tree canopy may have standing dead stems of Abies fraseri and extensive patches of Abies fraseri seedlings in canopy gaps. Characteristic species include Sorbus americana, Acer spicatum, Viburnum lantanoides, Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Eurybia chlorolepis (= Aster chlorolepis), Rugelia nudicaulis, Houstonia serpyllifolia, Solidago glomerata, Ptilium crista-castrensis, and Bazzania trilobata.  Accession Code: VB.CC.19682.PICEARUBENSABIE Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Abies fraseri - Picea rubens Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Red Spruce - (Fraser Fir) / Highbush Cranberry / Common Wood Sorrel - Mountain Woodfern / Stairstep Moss Forest   Code: CEGL007131   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683834 NatureServe Explorer   Scientific: Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / Vaccinium erythrocarpum / Oxalis montana - Dryopteris campyloptera / Hylocomium splendens Forest   Common: Red Spruce - Fraser Fir Forest (Deciduous Shrub Type) (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / Vaccinium erythrocarpum / Oxalis montana - Dryopteris campyloptera / Hylocomium splendens Forest