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Acer saccharum - Quercus rubra - Carya (glabra, ovata) / Ageratina altissima - Bromus pubescens Forest | Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli...
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Name: Acer saccharum - Quercus rubra - Carya (glabra, ovata) / Ageratina altissima - Bromus pubescens Forest
Reference: Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli...
Description: This community type is currently known only from west-central and northwestern Virginia, south to Montgomery County, but is probably more widespread than documentation indicates. It occupies warm (mostly east-southeast to southwest), submesic slopes and broad crests at middle elevations. Elevation ranges from 518-1146 m (1700-3760 feet), with a mean of 743 m (2438 feet). Middle slope positions are typical, but stands also occur on lower and upper slopes. This forest association occurs in small to medium-sized patches. Acer saccharum, Quercus rubra, and Carya spp. are the dominant trees in closed-canopy stands. Carya glabra and Carya ovata are the two most constant and abundant hickories, but Carya cordiformis, Carya alba, and Carya ovalis are also present in some stands. Fraxinus americana, Tilia americana, Liriodendron tulipifera, and Quercus velutina may each codominate. Quercus alba and Quercus prinus are more or less constant but minor canopy associates, with low mean cover. Understory layers contain substantial reproduction of Acer saccharum and moderate representation of the other major canopy species, except for Quercus rubra. The shrub layer is usually very open, with much of its cover contributed by tree saplings; Ostrya virginiana, Cornus florida, Cercis canadensis, and Hamamelis virginiana each attain moderate cover. Herbaceous growth is not lush and frequently exhibits patch dominance by one to a few species. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.26982.ACERSACCHARUMQU
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 27-Jun-2001 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Sugar Maple - Northern Red Oak - (Pignut Hickory, Shagbark Hickory) / White Snakeroot - Common Eastern Brome Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689384 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL008517
  Scientific: Acer saccharum - Quercus rubra - Carya (glabra, ovata) / Ageratina altissima - Bromus pubescens Forest
  Common: Central Appalachian Rich Sugar Maple - Red Oak - Hickory Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus rubra - Acer saccharum / Ostrya virginiana / Cardamine concatenata Forest