Name:
Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Quercus prinus / Collinsonia canadensis - Podophyllum peltatum - Amphicarpaea bracteata Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This association includes forests dominated by Quercus alba, occurring over circumneutral soils in the Southern Blue Ridge and adjacent inner Piedmont. Other species that can be important in the canopy include Quercus rubra, Quercus coccinea, Quercus prinus, Quercus velutina, Carya glabra, and Carya alba. On some sites, species more typical of 'cove forests,' such as Fraxinus americana or Magnolia acuminata, may form a very minor component. Oxydendrum arboreum and Cornus florida are common in the subcanopy. Heath species (Rhododendron maximum or Kalmia latifolia) are absent or very minor in the shrub stratum. On very high-base status soils, Philadelphus hirsutus or Lindera benzoin may be in the shrub stratum. The herbaceous stratum can be quite diverse and is characterized by mesic herbs and species associated with circumneutral soils, such as Podophyllum peltatum, Arisaema triphyllum, Amphicarpaea bracteata, Adiantum pedatum, Collinsonia canadensis, Asplenium platyneuron, Actaea racemosa (= Cimicifuga racemosa), Caulophyllum thalictroides, Sanguinaria canadensis, Tradescantia subaspera, Euphorbia purpurea, Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Polystichum acrostichoides, Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Dennstaedtia punctilobula, and Dryopteris intermedia. These forests can occur across a broad elevation range (2000-4500 feet), and can occur in exposed topographic settings (upper slopes), as well as on more protected sites (edges of coves). Presumed upper Piedmont examples may be at lower elevations (e.g., below 1000 feet).
Accession Code:
VB.CC.26908.QUERCUSALBAQUER
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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