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Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Carya (alba, ovata) / Cornus florida Acid Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Carya (alba, ovata) / Cornus florida Acid Forest
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This community is found in the Interior Highlands of the south-central United States to the Western Allegheny Plateau. Stands occur on gentle to moderately steep slopes of dissected hills and plains. Soils are well-drained, shallow to deep, often over sandstone, cherts, or cherty limestone. Stands are dominated by a closed-canopy deciduous tree layer. The dominants are Quercus alba and Quercus rubra. Typical associates include Carya ovata, Carya alba, Carya ovalis, Nyssa sylvatica, Quercus falcata, Quercus velutina, and Pinus echinata in parts of the range. The shrub and small-tree layer contains Cornus florida. Parthenocissus quinquefolia is a typical vine. The low-shrub layer may be dominated by Vaccinium pallidum. The herbaceous layer contains Actaea racemosa (= Cimicifuga racemosa), Desmodium glutinosum, Desmodium nudiflorum, Galium pilosum, and Polystichum acrostichoides. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.24872.QUERCUSALBAQUER
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: White Oak - Northern Red Oak - (Mockernut Hickory, Shagbark Hickory) / Flowering Dogwood Acid Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687521 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002067
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Carya (alba, ovata) / Cornus florida Acid Forest
  Common: White Oak - Red Oak Dry-Mesic Acid Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Carya (alba, ovata) / Cornus florida Acidic Forest