Name:
Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Fraxinus americana / Acer barbatum - Cercis canadensis - Ostrya virginiana Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This is the most calcareous association of beech - magnolia forest. It occurs over calcareous rock or sediments on flats and slopes. Fagus grandifolia and Magnolia grandiflora dominate the canopy, with lesser amounts of Ulmus americana, Fraxinus americana, Quercus alba, Tilia americana var. caroliniana, Carya glabra, Quercus shumardii, Quercus muehlenbergii, Quercus michauxii, Juglans nigra, and Pinus glabra. The subcanopy is typically dominated by Acer barbatum, and also includes Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana, Magnolia ashei, Ostrya virginiana, Persea palustris, Ulmus rubra, Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Cornus florida, Morus rubra, Ilex opaca var. opaca, and Quercus nigra. The shrub and woody vine stratum is diverse and generally well-developed, including species such as Aesculus pavia, Hydrangea quercifolia, Sabal minor, Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Euonymus americana, Styrax grandifolius, Stewartia malacodendron, Halesia sp., Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea, Ilex decidua, Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans, Callicarpa americana, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Smilax glauca, Smilax tamnoides, and Bignonia capreolata. Herbs include Melica mutica, Polystichum acrostichoides, Arisaema dracontium, Sanicula canadensis, Dioscorea quaternata, Sanguinaria canadensis, Phryma leptostachya, Carex basiantha, Botrychium virginianum, Oplismenus hirtellus, Smallanthus uvedalius, Asplenium platyneuron var. bacculum-rubrum, Laportea canadensis, Urtica chamaedryoides, and Collinsonia canadensis. Vascular epiphytes are Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana and Tillandsia usneoides.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.24700.FAGUSGRANDIFOLI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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