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Quercus prinus - Quercus velutina / Oxydendrum arboreum - Cornus florida Forest | Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli...
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Name: Quercus prinus - Quercus velutina / Oxydendrum arboreum - Cornus florida Forest Reference: Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli... Description: This community is known from the Blue Ridge, Ridge and Valley, and Cumberland Mountains in southwestern Virginia. Occurrences in West Virginia and Kentucky seem probable. Sites include dry-mesic, mostly lower to middle mountain slopes and benches from the lowest elevations up to about 900 m (3000 feet). Sites are somewhat less exposed and more mesic than those occupied by related oak / heath vegetation types and are underlain by colluvial and alluvial fan material, sandstone, quartzite, and rocks of the northern Blue Ridge granitic complex. Slopes range from steep to nearly level on landslide benches, and slope shape is generally planar. Aspect is variable. Quercus velutina and Quercus prinus are the most abundant canopy trees, sometimes in mixed stands with Quercus rubra or Quercus alba. At Peters Mountain in Alleghany County, Virginia, there are two major variants of this vegetation type: on slopes, an association of young, often dominant Quercus velutina and old Quercus prinus is typical; on sub-level benches and crests, codominant Quercus prinus and Quercus alba, with scattered younger Quercus velutina, are prevalent. Both variants appear to reflect the importance of Quercus velutina in the younger age classes, perhaps partly as a successor to Castanea dentata. Based on the abundance of Castanea wood debris and live sprouts, as well as the presence of numerous intact logs in older stands, Castanea dentata may have reached near optimal importance on sites of this community type prior to the arrival of the blight. Characteristic understory trees include Acer rubrum, Cornus florida, Nyssa sylvatica, Oxydendrum arboreum, and Sassafras albidum. The shrub and herb layers are often composed primarily of young tree reproduction. Ericaceous shrubs are rather sparse and represented primarily by patchy Vaccinium pallidum. The herb layer contains a number of low-cover forbs and subshrubs.  Accession Code: VB.CC.20708.QUERCUSPRINUSQU Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Jun-2001 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus prinus - Quercus (alba, falcata, rubra, velutina) Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Rock Chestnut Oak - Black Oak / Sourwood - Flowering Dogwood Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686185 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL008522   Scientific: Quercus prinus - Quercus velutina / Oxydendrum arboreum - Cornus florida Forest   Common: Mixed Oak / Heath Forest (Rock Chestnut Oak - Black Oak Type)