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Betula alleghaniensis - Acer saccharum - Aesculus flava / Acer pensylvanicum / Trillium grandiflorum Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Betula alleghaniensis - Acer saccharum - Aesculus flava / Acer pensylvanicum / Trillium grandiflorum Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: The canopy of this type is dominated by Acer saccharum and Betula alleghaniensis, with lesser amounts of Aesculus flava, Prunus serotina var. serotina, and Tilia americana var. heterophylla. It lacks Fagus grandifolia, and Tsuga canadensis is very limited. This association has a very lush herb layer developed on deep soils over level bedded sandstone, shale, and coal, with species such as Trillium grandiflorum, Trillium erectum (sensu lato), Panax quinquefolius, Angelica triquinata, Streptopus lanceolatus (= Streptopus roseus), and Lilium superbum. This association as defined is presently known only from Kentucky, where it is apparently restricted to the highest elevations of Black Mountain (above 1220 m [4000 feet]) in the Cumberland Mountains of the extreme southeastern part of that state. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.21852.BETULAALLEGHANI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Apr-1996 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Yellow Birch - Sugar Maple - Yellow Buckeye / Striped Maple / White Trillium Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685446 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004417
  Scientific: Betula alleghaniensis - Acer saccharum - Aesculus flava / Acer pensylvanicum / Trillium grandiflorum Forest
  Common: Cumberland Mountains High-Elevation Hardwood Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Betula alleghaniensis - Acer saccharum - Aesculus flava / Acer pensylvanicum / Trillium grandiflorum Forest