Name:
Populus (tremuloides, grandidentata) - Betula (populifolia, papyrifera) Woodland
Reference:
Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description:
This is a common successional deciduous forest of the northern Appalachian Mountains, from New England and adjacent Canada across to the northern Great Lakes. It occurs in various settings, often over thin glacial till. Elevation and aspect vary. The community is broadly defined, and includes vegetation developing after severe disturbance such as logging, fires, severe hurricanes, or simply heavily fragmented residential development. This community can occur as closed-canopy forest or open woodland; in a few very exposed areas, it has been seen to grade to shrubland. Understory shrub cover varies from sparse to well-developed depending primarily on canopy closure. Herbs are typically sparse, but may be locally dense. Bryoids are typically minor. The tree canopy is a heterogeneous mixture of light-requiring, wind-dispersed trees usually composed of several codominant species including Populus tremuloides, Populus grandidentata, Populus balsamifera, Betula papyrifera, Betula populifolia, Acer rubrum, Prunus serotina, and Prunus pensylvanica. More minor components include Pinus strobus, Picea rubens, Abies balsamea, Acer saccharum, Quercus rubra, Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, or Ulmus americana. The shrub layer includes Sorbus americana, Acer pensylvanicum, Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides, or Hamamelis virginiana. Vaccinium angustifolium, Kalmia angustifolia, Gaylussacia baccata, and Comptonia peregrina may form a dwarf-shrub layer. Associated herbs include Pteridium aquilinum, Deschampsia flexuosa, Festuca ovina, Cornus canadensis, Doellingeria umbellata (= Aster umbellatus), Eurybia macrophylla (= Aster macrophyllus), Danthonia spicata, Carex lucorum and related species, and Maianthemum canadense. Typical bryoids include Polytrichum commune, Polytrichum juniperinum, Dicranum spp., and Cladonia spp. In the absence of major disturbance, these forests mostly succeed to northern hardwood, spruce-fir, mixed northern hardwood-spruce-fir, or red oak - northern hardwood forests.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.25644.POPULUSTREMULOI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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Names:
UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688826
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Translated: (Quaking Aspen, Bigtooth Aspen) - (Gray Birch, Paper Birch) Woodland
Code: CEGL006303
Scientific: Populus (tremuloides, grandidentata) - Betula (populifolia, papyrifera) Woodland
Common: Early Successional Woodland/Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined)
Populus (tremuloides, grandidentata) - Betula (populifolia, papyrifera) Ruderal Woodland
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