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Fagus grandifolia - Acer barbatum - Quercus muehlenbergii / Sanguinaria canadensis Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Fagus grandifolia - Acer barbatum - Quercus muehlenbergii / Sanguinaria canadensis Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: These rich mesophytic to submesophytic forests of calcareous ravines are found in the southeastern Virginia Coastal Plain and possibly the adjacent Piedmont. Habitats are north- to east-facing slopes and adjacent low interfluves downcut into Tertiary shell deposits or lime sands, including the Pliocene marine shell deposits of the calcium-rich Yorktown Formation. The canopies of stands of this association are typically dominated by variable combinations of Fagus grandifolia, Acer barbatum, Quercus rubra, Quercus muehlenbergii, Tilia americana var. americana, Liriodendron tulipifera, and Quercus alba. Although generally not as constant or abundant as Fagus grandifolia or Acer barbatum, Quercus muehlenbergii occurs in 75% of the plot samples and is a good diagnostic species. Characteristic or locally important understory species include Asimina triloba, Magnolia tripetala, Ulmus rubra, Ilex opaca var. opaca, Cornus alternifolia, Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, and Carpinus caroliniana. Common herbs are Polystichum acrostichoides, Asarum canadense, Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa (= Hepatica americana), Arisaema triphyllum, Actaea racemosa (= Cimicifuga racemosa), Cardamine concatenata, Sanguinaria canadensis, Adiantum pedatum, Packera aurea (= Senecio aureus), and Luzula acuminata var. carolinae. The grass Brachyelytrum erectum is abundant and characteristic of more submesic habitats (e.g., convex north slopes) occupied by the type. Related vegetation occurs in the southern Piedmont of Virginia (Charlotte County). More floristic information is available in Ware and Ware (1992).  Accession Code: VB.CC.23740.FAGUSGRANDIFOLI Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Jan-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Fagus grandifolia - Quercus alba Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: American Beech - Southern Sugar Maple - Chinquapin Oak / Bloodroot Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687025 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL007181   Scientific: Fagus grandifolia - Acer barbatum - Quercus muehlenbergii / Sanguinaria canadensis Forest   Common: Virginia Basic Mesic Ravine Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Fagus grandifolia - Acer barbatum - Quercus muehlenbergii / Sanguinaria canadensis Forest