Name:
Quercus alba - Quercus coccinea - Quercus falcata / Kalmia latifolia - Vaccinium pallidum Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This association includes dry, deciduous forests of low elevations (below 3000 feet) in the Southern Blue Ridge, associated with sandy, dry soils derived from granitic gneiss and other acid substrates. These forests have canopies dominated by Quercus alba, Quercus coccinea, Quercus falcata, and sometimes Quercus prinus, although other species can be present, including Pinus rigida. This forest is characterized by having associated species more typical of lower, non-montane areas, such as Quercus falcata, Schizachyrium scoparium, Silphium compositum, Baptisia tinctoria, Piptochaetium avenaceum, and by the absence of species more typical in mesic, montane oak forests (Medeola virginiana, Maianthemum racemosum, Thelypteris noveboracensis, Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Dennstaedtia punctilobula, Dryopteris intermedia). The shrub stratum can be quite open, with Rhododendron calendulaceum typical. Kalmia latifolia and Vaccinium pallidum are usually present in moderate abundance. Solidago odora var. odora and Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum are typical herb components. This association is known as a matrix forest type in the area of Brevard, North Carolina, where it occurs on open slopes and broad ridges, in a landscape of a low, rolling plateau. It may extend south into South Carolina.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.23678.QUERCUSALBAQUER
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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