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Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / (Rhododendron catawbiense, Rhododendron maximum) Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / (Rhododendron catawbiense, Rhododendron maximum) Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community is restricted to the highest mountain systems of the southern Appalachians in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. These forests are typically found on moderately steep to steep, convex slopes at elevations between 1550 and 1830 m (5100-6000 feet). This association includes forests of the southern Appalachians, within the range of Abies fraseri, dominated by Picea rubens with or without Abies fraseri, over a shrub stratum dominated by evergreen species, typically Rhododendron catawbiense and Rhododendron maximum. Herb coverage is characteristically low, but on moist north-facing sites mosses, ferns, and forbs may be dense beneath the shrub stratum. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.27304.PICEARUBENSABIE
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Red Spruce - (Fraser Fir) / (Catawba Rhododendron, Great Rhododendron) Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689430 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Scientific: Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / (Rhododendron catawbiense, Rhododendron maximum) Forest
  Common: Red Spruce - Fraser Fir Forest (Evergreen Shrub Type)
  Code: CEGL007130
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / (Rhododendron catawbiense, Rhododendron maximum) Forest