Name:
Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Quercus prinus - Tilia americana var. caroliniana / Ostrya virginiana Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This Piedmont forest often occurs in moderately protected situations on lower slopes of escarpments, on alluvial terraces, in ravine bottoms, or in rocky streambeds, and possibly in other situations in which the surface is very rocky and the substrate is basic. Many occurrences are on mafic rocks. The mixed canopy is dominated by Carya alba, Tilia americana var. caroliniana, Quercus rubra var. rubra, Fraxinus americana, Quercus prinus, Liquidambar styraciflua and Liriodendron tulipifera. The subcanopy is dominated by Ostrya virginiana, Carpinus caroliniana, and Cornus florida. Other common species in the canopy and subcanopy include Acer barbatum, Acer leucoderme, Acer rubrum var. rubrum, Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Platanus occidentalis, Oxydendrum arboreum, Juglans nigra, Prunus serotina var. serotina, Aesculus sylvatica, Quercus phellos, Quercus nigra, Sassafras albidum, and Ulmus alata. Shrubs of this community include Viburnum rufidulum, Calycanthus floridus, Hydrangea arborescens, and Euonymus americana. Common herbs and vines are Actaea racemosa (= Cimicifuga racemosa), Asplenium platyneuron var. platyneuron, Galium circaezans, Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa, Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Polystichum acrostichoides, Prenanthes altissima, Toxicodendron radicans, Desmodium nudiflorum, Dichanthelium spp., Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum, Elymus virginicus var. virginicus, and Vitis rotundifolia. The exotics Ailanthus altissima, Albizia julibrissin, Lonicera japonica, and Lonicera maackii are common in this forest.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.23908.QUERCUSALBAQUER
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
0
|
