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Tilia americana - Fraxinus americana - (Acer saccharum) Woodland Alliance | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Tilia americana - Fraxinus americana - (Acer saccharum) Woodland Alliance
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This alliance contains woodlands occurring on calcareous or circumneutral talus comprised of large boulders, or on rock outcrops. These woodlands often occur in association with rich forests, those of the Acer saccharum - Fraxinus americana - Tilia americana Forest Alliance (A.217). As opposed to the forest alliance, communities of woodland alliance have an open canopy and as such support more light-demanding species than are found in the understory of rich forests. Associated canopy species include Acer saccharum and Quercus rubra. The shrub layer is usually sparse. Herbs of this alliance include Adlumia fungosa, Clematis occidentalis, Geranium robertianum, Cystopteris bulbifera, Carex umbellata, and Antennaria plantaginifolia. This alliance occurs in southern Canada, lower New England, the northern Appalachians, and south to mountains of West Virginia and Virginia. In Maryland, this alliance is found along the Potomac River (Garrett County). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.21463.TILIAAMERICANAF
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: Tilia americana - Fraxinus americana - (Acer saccharum) Woodland Alliance
  Translated: American Basswood - White Ash - (Sugar Maple) Woodland Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.126408 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.628