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Quercus prinus - Quercus rubra / Rhododendron maximum / Galax urceolata Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus prinus - Quercus rubra / Rhododendron maximum / Galax urceolata Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This montane deciduous forest is known from protected, steep north-facing slopes in the Southern Blue Ridge and ranges into adjacent areas of the upper Piedmont. It is dominated by Quercus prinus, usually with lesser amounts of Quercus rubra and/or Acer rubrum, and always occurring over a dense, very tall shrub stratum (2-6 m) of Rhododendron maximum. In some areas Rhododendron minus may dominate or Tsuga canadensis may have dense understory regeneration. Other common shrubs can include Gaylussacia ursina and Kalmia latifolia. Herbs are sparse. The ground cover is dominated by leaf litter, but Galax urceolata is in most occurrences. Other herb species than can be typical include Chimaphila maculata, Goodyera pubescens, and Polystichum acrostichoides. Some examples may have sparse (woodland-like) canopies and occur in association with rock outcroppings. This forest is found on moderate to very steep slopes with northerly exposures, on lower slope positions, typically at elevations between 2500 and 4000 feet. In the Great Smoky Mountains it was found consistently as a transitional band of vegetation, downslope from drier Quercus prinus ridgetop forests, Quercus (prinus, coccinea) / Kalmia latifolia / (Galax urceolata, Gaultheria procumbens) Forest (CEGL006271), and grading into acidic cove forests, Liriodendron tulipifera - Betula lenta - Tsuga canadensis / Rhododendron maximum Forest (CEGL007543) on the steep ravines below.  Accession Code: VB.CC.24220.QUERCUSPRINUSQU Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Aug-1995 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus prinus - Quercus rubra Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Rock Chestnut Oak - Northern Red Oak / Great Rhododendron / Galax Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688277 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL006286   Scientific: Quercus prinus - Quercus rubra / Rhododendron maximum / Galax urceolata Forest   Common: Chestnut Oak Forest (Mesic Slope Heath Type) (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Quercus prinus - Quercus rubra / Rhododendron maximum / Galax urceolata Forest