Name:
Acer rubrum var. trilobum - Nyssa sylvatica / Rhododendron canescens - Viburnum nudum var. nudum / Woodwardia areolata Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This forested acid seep occurs at the base of steep to moderate slopes where water percolates out through Cretaceous or Pennsylvanian sands and gravels. Stands are known primarily from the northern part of the Upper Coastal Plain of Kentucky and Tennessee, but it is also reported from Kentucky's Shawnee Hills. Soils are deep, and often gravelly or sandy. Common or characteristic trees include Acer rubrum, Betula nigra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Fagus grandifolia, Nyssa sylvatica, and Quercus pagoda. Small trees and shrubs characteristic of the seeps include Styrax americanus, Rhododendron canescens, Ilex opaca, Carpinus caroliniana, Photinia spp. (= Aronia spp.), Cornus foemina, Itea virginica, Viburnum nudum var. nudum, and Vaccinium spp. (including Vaccinium fuscatum). The ground cover consists of herbaceous species such as Osmunda cinnamomea, Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis, Woodwardia areolata, Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens, Carex spp., Juncus spp., Rhynchospora capitellata, Rhynchospora globularis, Saururus cernuus, Bartonia virginica, and many others. Some Tennessee examples contain Magnolia virginiana, which is rare in that state. This vegetation occurs at the heads of small streams or on the margins of their floodplains at the upland / wetland interface. Examples from the Shawnee Hills of Kentucky (subsections 222Dc, 222Dg) are reported to be somewhat depauperate, lacking Rhododendron canescens and Viburnum nudum.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.19734.ACERRUBRUMVARTR
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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