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Quercus alba - Fagus grandifolia Western Allegheny Plateau Forest | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Quercus alba - Fagus grandifolia Western Allegheny Plateau Forest Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of... Description: This white oak - beech forest of the Western Allegheny Plateau occurs on deep, fine-textured soils of coves. Quercus alba is dominant, with associates including Fagus grandifolia, Acer rubrum, Quercus rubra, Nyssa sylvatica, and Carya. The subcanopy is characterized by Fagus grandifolia, Acer rubrum, Acer saccharum, and Carya glabra. The shrub layer is made up of Cornus florida, Ostrya virginiana, and Castanea dentata. The herbaceous layer is comprised of Goodyera repens, Dioscorea quaternata, Polystichum acrostichoides, Ageratina altissima, Arisaema triphyllum, Actaea racemosa (= Cimicifuga racemosa), Carex blanda, Botrychium virginianum, Carex albursina, Polygonatum pubescens, Viola X palmata, and Prosartes lanuginosa (= Disporum lanuginosum).  Accession Code: VB.CC.22840.QUERCUSALBAFAGU 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: Fagus grandifolia - Quercus rubra - Quercus alba Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: White Oak - American Beech Western Allegheny Plateau Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686866 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL006144   Scientific: Quercus alba - Fagus grandifolia Western Allegheny Plateau Forest   Common: Western Allegheny Oak - Beech Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Quercus alba - Fagus grandifolia Western Allegheny Plateau Forest