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Tsuga canadensis - (Pinus strobus) Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Tsuga canadensis - (Pinus strobus) Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This hemlock forested wetland is found along montane streams and terraces in the Southern Appalachians and Cumberland Mountains of the southeastern United States. Stands are dominated by Tsuga canadensis or codominated by Tsuga canadensis and Pinus strobus. Deciduous species, if present, form only a minor part of the canopy (generally less than 25%). Forests in this alliance often have dense ericaceous shrub layers dominated by Rhododendron maximum and/or Leucothoe fontanesiana. In some forests shrub strata are sparse or absent, with little or no herbaceous cover; the ground cover is mainly litter or bare soil. This alliance includes forests on floodplains and terraces, where surface water may be present for brief periods during growing season, but the water table usually lies well below the soil surface. Soils tend to be well-developed and silty. Currently this alliance is defined for montane alluvial forests in the Southern Blue Ridge and small streambottoms in Virginia's Ridge and Valley and northern Blue Ridge. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.20551.TSUGACANADENSIS
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Tsuga canadensis - (Pinus strobus) Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance
  Translated: Eastern Hemlock - (Eastern White Pine) Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance
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  Code: A.171