Name:
Acer (barbatum, saccharum) - Juglans nigra - Fraxinus americana / Hybanthus concolor Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This association is known from moist, north-facing, calcareous lower slopes of Mount Magazine (Arkansas River Valley, Magazine Mountain Subsection, Logan County, Arkansas); it ranges into the Boston Mountains, and possibly in areas of the Ouachita Mountains. Canopy species include Acer barbatum, Acer saccharum, Fraxinus americana, Juglans nigra, Carya cordiformis, Tilia americana (var. americana and/or Tilia americana var. caroliniana), Celtis laevigata, Gleditsia triacanthos, Ulmus alata, Ulmus americana, and Ulmus rubra. Forests of this alliance are typically not oak-dominated, but Quercus rubra, Quercus alba, Quercus shumardii, and Quercus muehlenbergii may be present at low frequency or in areas transitional to stands of greater oak dominance. The subcanopy stratum may include Acer barbatum, Acer saccharum, Aesculus glabra var. glabra, Asimina triloba, Carpinus caroliniana, Cercis canadensis, Morus rubra, and Ostrya virginiana. Shrubs and woody vines may include, in addition to smaller examples of subcanopy species, Arundinaria gigantea, Berchemia scandens, Bignonia capreolata, Cocculus carolinus, Cornus drummondii, Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus spp., Euonymus americana, Euonymus atropurpurea, Frangula caroliniana, Hydrangea arborescens, Ilex decidua, Lindera benzoin, Menispermum canadense, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Ptelea trifoliata, Sideroxylon lycioides, Smilax bona-nox, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Toxicodendron radicans, Viburnum rufidulum, and Vitis aestivalis. Herbaceous species include Hybanthus concolor (which may dominate the stratum), Actaea pachypoda, Brachyelytrum erectum, Cardamine concatenata, Carex spp. (including possibly Carex albicans var. albicans (= Carex artitecta), Carex blanda, Carex cephalophora, Carex cherokeensis, Carex muehlenbergii), Caulophyllum thalictroides, Chasmanthium latifolium, Cynoglossum virginianum, Dioscorea quaternata, Galium sp., Laportea canadensis, Phryma leptostachya, Podophyllum peltatum, Sanguinaria canadensis, Polygonatum biflorum, Sanicula sp., Trillium recurvatum, Trillium viridescens, and Uvularia grandiflora.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.27092.ACERBARBATUMSAC
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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