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Quercus rubra / (Kalmia latifolia, Rhododendron maximum) / Galax urceolata Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus rubra / (Kalmia latifolia, Rhododendron maximum) / Galax urceolata Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This montane community of the southern Appalachians includes forest vegetation with Quercus rubra making up at least 75% of the tree canopy and with greater than 20% shrub cover, which may be continuous to patchy. More than 50% of the total shrub cover is evergreen, although deciduous shrubs may be present. Typical shrub dominants include Kalmia latifolia, Rhododendron catawbiense, and Rhododendron maximum. The herbaceous stratum is not diverse and is typically very sparse with scattered forbs including Galax urceolata, Solidago curtisii (= Solidago caesia var. curtisii), Epigaea repens, Dennstaedtia punctilobula, Conopholis americana, Thelypteris noveboracensis, Clintonia umbellulata, Eurybia divaricata (= Aster divaricatus), Dioscorea villosa. This community occurs on most of the major mountain ranges of the southern Appalachians at elevations of 1070-1525 m (3500-5000 feet) on ridges and mid to upper slope positions, commonly with southern and southeastern exposures. On exposed sites this community commonly contains, as inclusions, acidic rock outcrop communities and montane shrublands, and may grade into forests dominated by Tsuga caroliniana, Pinus rigida, Pinus pungens, and Quercus prinus. At higher elevations this forest often occurs adjacent to or grades into forests dominated by Picea rubens, Abies fraseri, or northern hardwood species (Betula alleghaniensis, Fagus grandifolia, Aesculus flava).  Accession Code: VB.CC.22528.QUERCUSRUBRAKAL Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus rubra Montane Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Northern Red Oak / (Mountain Laurel, Great Rhododendron) / Galax Forest   Scientific: Quercus rubra / (Kalmia latifolia, Rhododendron maximum) / Galax urceolata Forest   Code: CEGL007299   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686528 NatureServe Explorer   Common: High-Elevation Red Oak Forest (Evergreen Shrub Type) (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Quercus rubra / (Kalmia latifolia, Rhododendron catawbiense, Rhododendron maximum) / Galax urceolata Forest