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Quercus rubra - Quercus prinus / Deschampsia flexuosa - Danthonia compressa - Calamagrostis porteri Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus rubra - Quercus prinus / Deschampsia flexuosa - Danthonia compressa - Calamagrostis porteri Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: These Central Appalachian communities are open, stunted woodlands of acidic, talus slopes or rocky slopes, rocky ridgetops and summits of moderate to higher elevations. Soils are shallow and acidic. The dominant species is Quercus prinus. Associates include Quercus alba, Acer rubrum, Betula lenta. The shrub layer contains Acer spicatum, Rhus typhina, Kalmia latifolia, Hamamelis virginiana, Viburnum acerifolium, Vaccinium stamineum, Vaccinium angustifolium, Gaylussacia baccata. Herbs may include Pteridium aquilinum, Aralia nudicaulis, Maianthemum canadense, Corydalis sempervirens, Calamagrostis porteri, Deschampsia flexuosa, Carex pensylvanica, Polypodium virginianum. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.25790.QUERCUSRUBRAQUE
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Apr-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Northern Red Oak - Rock Chestnut Oak / Wavy Hairgrass - Mountain Oatgrass - Porter's Reedgrass Woodland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689161 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004714
  Scientific: Quercus rubra - Quercus prinus / Deschampsia flexuosa - Danthonia compressa - Calamagrostis porteri Woodland
  Common: Central Appalachian High-Elevation Red Oak Woodland (Southern Type)
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus rubra - Quercus prinus / Deschampsia flexuosa - Danthonia compressa - Calamagrostis porteri Woodland