Name:
Quercus rubra - Carya (glabra, ovata) / Ostrya virginiana / Carex pensylvanica Forest
Reference:
Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description:
This association is a dry rich hickory - hop-hornbeam forest of the northeastern United States, extending discontinuously south to Virginia's southern Appalachian Mountains. It is dominated by a mixture of hickories and oaks over hop-hornbeam subcanopy and a park-like sedge lawn. The vegetation occurs on low-elevation ridgetops, upper slopes, south- or west-facing sideslopes, and is supported by well-drained loams or sandy loams, often derived from alkaline bedrock. The tree canopy is dominated by a mixture of Carya glabra, Carya ovata, Carya ovalis, Quercus rubra, Quercus alba, Quercus velutina, with occasional Ostrya virginiana and Acer rubrum. Minor associates include Acer saccharum, Pinus strobus, and Fraxinus americana. A subcanopy of Ostrya virginiana is conspicuous. Additional species in the subcanopy or tall-shrub layer that occur in lower abundance can include Hamamelis virginiana, Cornus florida, Amelanchier arborea, Acer pensylvanicum, and Viburnum acerifolium. Low shrubs can include Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pallidum, Rubus idaeus, or Viburnum rafinesquianum. The herb layer is primarily a sedge lawn of Carex lucorum with some Carex pensylvanica, Carex woodii, Carex appalachica, or Carex rosea, but is also quite diverse with scattered Elymus hystrix, Bromus pubescens, Ageratina altissima, Festuca subverticillata, Uvularia perfoliata, Aralia nudicaulis, Maianthemum racemosum (= Smilacina racemosa), Desmodium glutinosum, Desmodium paniculatum, Prenanthes alba, Solidago bicolor, Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa (= Hepatica americana), Carex (Laxiflorae group), Deschampsia flexuosa, Packera paupercula (= Senecio pauperculus), Packera obovata (= Senecio obovatus), Symphyotrichum undulatum (= Aster undulatus), Symphyotrichum patens (= Aster patens), Polystichum acrostichoides, and Dichanthelium spp. Spring ephemerals such as Erythronium americanum and Claytonia virginica also occur in some portions of the range and Solidago curtisii occurs in the south.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.23054.QUERCUSRUBRACAR
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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Names:
Translated: Northern Red Oak - (Pignut Hickory, Shagbark Hickory) / Eastern Hop-hornbeam / Blue Ridge Sedge Forest
UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687197
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Code: CEGL006301
Scientific: Quercus rubra - Carya (glabra, ovata) / Ostrya virginiana / Carex lucorum Forest
Common: Oak - Hickory / Hop-hornbeam / Sedge Lawn Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
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Quercus rubra - Carya (glabra, ovata) / Ostrya virginiana / Carex lucorum Forest
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