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Quercus bicolor - Acer rubrum / Carpinus caroliniana Forest | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Quercus bicolor - Acer rubrum / Carpinus caroliniana Forest
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This swamp white oak floodplain forest of lower floodplains and terraces occurs within 50 km of the coast in New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts. Sediments are silty, of marine or recent origin, and somewhat enriched. The canopy is codominated by Quercus bicolor and Acer rubrum with an understory of Carpinus caroliniana. Additional canopy associates include Ulmus americana, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Betula nigra, and Carya ovata. The shrub layer is characterized by Cornus amomum, Viburnum recognitum, Ilex verticillata, Viburnum lentago, and Toxicodendron radicans. The lower floodplain is more poorly drained and characterized by Carex stricta, Carex crinita, Iris versicolor, Lysimachia terrestris, Cinna arundinacea, and Thelypteris palustris, while the drier terrace is characterized by Athyrium filix-femina, Solidago rugosa, and Thelypteris noveboracensis. Key diagnostic features include Quercus bicolor as a codominant canopy species. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.24706.QUERCUSBICOLORA
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 05-May-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688056 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006386
  Scientific: Quercus bicolor - Acer rubrum / Carpinus caroliniana Forest
  Common: Swamp White Oak Floodplain Forest
  Translated: Swamp White Oak - Red Maple / Ironwood Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus bicolor - Acer rubrum / Carpinus caroliniana Forest