Name:
Quercus prinus - (Quercus coccinea) / Carya pallida / Vaccinium arboreum - Vaccinium pallidum Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This association includes xeric rock chestnut oak forests on high slopes and ridges in the southern Cumberland Plateau, southern Ridge and Valley, Southern Blue Ridge, and occasionally in the Piedmont of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. This forest occurs over rocky, shallow soils derived from various geologies. These include sandstone, quartzite (in the Piedmont), schist, or weakly metamorphosed, metasedimentary rocks (in the western edge of the Southern Blue Ridge). This is a closed-canopy, deciduous forest with open to sparse shrub layers and a sparse to absent herb layer. The canopy is dominated by Quercus prinus, sometimes sharing dominance with Quercus coccinea. Other oaks in the canopy can include Quercus velutina, Quercus stellata, and Quercus alba, although these oaks are not dominant. Hickories (e.g., Carya glabra, Carya pallida) may be present in the canopy and/or subcanopy. Some examples may have coverage of pine in the canopy, most commonly Pinus virginiana and Pinus echinata. The most common subcanopy trees are Acer rubrum, Carya pallida, Cornus florida, Nyssa sylvatica, and Oxydendrum arboreum. The most constant shrub species are Chimaphila maculata, Vaccinium arboreum, Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium stamineum, Diospyros virginiana, and Sassafras albidum. Herb coverage is sparse, with little constancy among examples. Some of the more typical herb species are Euphorbia corollata, Hieracium venosum, Carex nigromarginata, and Solidago odora, but many other species may occur.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.19902.QUERCUSPRINUSQU
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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