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Tilia americana - Fraxinus americana / Acer pensylvanicum - Ostrya virginiana / Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Impatiens pallida Woodland | Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli...
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Name: Tilia americana - Fraxinus americana / Acer pensylvanicum - Ostrya virginiana / Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Impatiens pallida Woodland Reference: Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli... Description: This community type occurs throughout the northern Blue Ridge in Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia, and more locally in the western Virginia Ridge and Valley region. Sites include steep, boulder and stone slides below cliffs; boulder-filled slope concavities and hollow-heads; and other very rocky, submesic to mesic habitats at middle elevations between 760 and 1030 m (2500-3400 feet). This is an open to closed, mixed hardwood forest, with tall, well-formed trees. Because of somewhat unstable substrates and occasional exposure to severe wind and ice storms, downfalls and crown damage may be frequent in some stands. Tilia americana (including both var. americana and var. heterophylla), Fraxinus americana, and Quercus rubra are the most abundant, variably dominant or codominant canopy trees. Carya cordiformis, Robinia pseudoacacia, and Carya ovata are minor but constant canopy associates. Understory layers tend to be open, with Acer pensylvanicum, Ostrya virginiana, Sambucus racemosa (= Sambucus pubens), and Ribes rotundifolium the most characteristic species. The usually patchy herb layer varies greatly in richness and density with substrate conditions.  Accession Code: VB.CC.21462.TILIAAMERICANAF 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: Tilia americana - Fraxinus americana - (Acer saccharum) Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: American Basswood - White Ash / Striped Maple - Eastern Hop-hornbeam / Virginia Creeper - Yellow Jewelweed Woodland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685669 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL008528   Scientific: Tilia americana - Fraxinus americana / Acer pensylvanicum - Ostrya virginiana / Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Impatiens pallida Woodland   Common: Central Appalachian Basic Boulderfield Forest (Montane Basswood - White Ash Type) (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Tilia americana - Fraxinus americana / Acer pensylvanicum - Ostrya virginiana / Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Impatiens pallida Woodland