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Quercus rubra - Acer rubrum / Calycanthus floridus - Pyrularia pubera / Thelypteris noveboracensis Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus rubra - Acer rubrum / Calycanthus floridus - Pyrularia pubera / Thelypteris noveboracensis Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This association includes Quercus rubra forests at intermediate elevations (mostly below 3500 feet, ranging from 2000-4000 feet) in the Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment, and may possibly range into adjacent areas of the Central Appalachians and Cumberland Plateau. These forests occur on mostly northern to eastern and southeastern, mid to upper, moderately steep slopes of intermediate exposure over acidic soils. The canopy is dominated by Quercus rubra, often with Acer rubrum and/or Liriodendron tulipifera codominating, and occasionally with a high component of Quercus alba in the canopy. Other minor canopy species may include Betula lenta, Carya alba, Carya glabra, Halesia tetraptera, Quercus prinus, and Magnolia fraseri. The subcanopy and sapling strata include the canopy species, as well as Halesia tetraptera, Betula lenta, Tsuga canadensis, Cornus florida, Acer pensylvanicum, and Oxydendrum arboreum. The shrub stratum is typically sparse but may have local dominance by Gaylussacia ursina or Rhododendron maximum. Herbaceous cover is sparse to moderate but can be species-rich. Ferns can be locally dominant, typically Thelypteris noveboracensis and Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides. This forest is distinguished from High Elevation Red Oak forests [see associations in Quercus rubra Montane Forest Alliance (A.272)] by lack of species such as Betula alleghaniensis, Ilex montana, Vaccinium simulatum, and by lacking abundant Hamamelis virginiana, as well as its occurrence at lower elevations. In the Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment region, these montane oak - hickory forests seem to occupy environments intermediate between more protected forests dominated by Quercus alba and drier, more exposed Quercus prinus forests.  Accession Code: VB.CC.24402.QUERCUSRUBRAACE Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Oct-1995 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus alba - (Quercus rubra, Carya spp.) Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Northern Red Oak - Red Maple / Sweet-shrub - Buffalonut / New York Fern Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688299 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL006192   Scientific: Quercus rubra - Acer rubrum / Calycanthus floridus - Pyrularia pubera / Thelypteris noveboracensis Forest   Common: Appalachian Montane Oak - Hickory Forest (Red Oak Type) (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Quercus rubra - Acer rubrum / Pyrularia pubera / Thelypteris noveboracensis Forest