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A.745 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.745
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes riparian shrublands and shrub thickets of mesic slopes dominated by ~Rhododendron maximum$, without a significant tree canopy. ~Rhododendron maximum$-dominated shrublands are less frequently found on more xeric ridges and sideslopes, on sites which have been subjected to extreme crown fires. Shrublands in this alliance are typically tall (over 2 m) and occur over acidic soils. These shrublands can occur as the result of disturbance and will succeed to forest with an ericaceous understory without some form of disturbance. ~Rhododendron maximum$ shrublands frequently occur adjacent to wet herbaceous cliff vegetation, wetland riparian shrublands, or within forests dominated by ~Tsuga canadensis, Quercus rubra, Liriodendron tulipifera, Pinus strobus, Quercus prinus, Picea rubens$, or ~Abies fraseri$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2376.A745
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: III.A.2.N.b
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Code: A.745
  Scientific: RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Common: Great Rhododendron Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Rhododendron maximum Shrubland Alliance